Transgenic cotton plants with altered fiber characteristics transformed with a sucrose phosphate synthase nucleic acid

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides methods for increasing the quality of cotton fiber produced from a cotton plant by transformation with a DNA encoding sucrose phosphate synthase. In particular the fiber qualities include strength, length, fiber fineness, fiber maturity ratio, immature fiber content, fiber uniformity, and micronaire.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a method for increasing the yield or quality of product from a plant by altering the expression of sucrose phosphate synthase. In particular, the present invention provides a transgenic cotton plant that has an increased level of sucrose phosphate synthetase relative to a non-transgenic cotton plant. Methods are also provided for increasing the yield or the quality of cotton fiber and the yield of cotton seed produced from a cotton plant. General methods are provided for regulating the thickness of cell walls, for increasing the yield and quality of other plant fibers, for regulating the ratio of cellulose to other dry weight components of the plant, for increasing seed yield, and for increasing tolerance of photosynthetic efficiency to cool night temperatures.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The control of high-rate cellulose production and its regulation by temperature are critical to agriculture, since all plant growth (and hence the production of all food crops) depends on cellulose synthesis to build cell walls throughout the vegetative and reproductive parts of the plant. The cellulose within the primary walls of all cells of the plant body is also of direct industrial importance as a digestible part of animal forage and for manufacture of thickeners, ethanol, and other cellulose-based or cellulose-derived products. Furthermore, plant parts based on secondary cell walls with high cellulose content are contained in or compose economically important plant products, including cotton fibers, wood, and fibers in forage crops. The agronomic productivity and product quality of wood and cotton, as well as other fiber crops such as hemp and flax, are in large part determined by the biosynthesis of cellulose. Therefore, an understanding of the basic regulatory mechanisms of cellulose synthesis and how it responds to temperature stress allows for beneficial changes in crop plants (improved product yield and quality) through genetic engineering.

Since cotton fiber weight is more than 90% cellulose, cotton is one particular crop where enhancing the flow of carbon to cellulose production can increase yield and quality. This will be an especially beneficial outcome if it is achievable under diverse environmental conditions encountered in cotton production fields, including cool night temperatures that hinder cotton fiber development. For example, it is known that cool night temperatures hinder the seasonal yield and quality of cotton fiber (Gipson, “Temperature Effects on Growth, Development, and Fiber Properties,” in Mauney, eds., Cotton Physiology, The Cotton Foundation:Memphis, pp. 47-56) because they hinder the rate of cellulose synthesis (Roberts et al., “Effects of Cycling Temperatures on Fiber Metabolism in Cultured Cotton Ovules,” Plant Physiol., 100:979-986 (1992)). The ability to manipulate cotton yield and fiber quality parameters and sustain or improve them under diverse and/or stressful environmental conditions will allow for beneficial changes in crop plants (improved product quality) through genetic engineering.

Cotton fiber yield is the most important determinant of the value of the crop to the producer. Reputable cotton breeders have recently pointed out that cotton production has reached a fiber yield plateau, which bodes ill for the financial success of producers given escalating costs. Potential contributors to this problem include the environmental sensitivity of cotton fiber and seed development, the narrow genetic base of commercial cotton, and the recent introduction of transgenic traits such as herbicide and insect resistance through back-crossing with transformed Gossypium hirsutum cv. Coker 312. Coker 312 (C312) is an old cultivar frequently used for transformation because of its high regeneration capacity. Use of genetic engineering to make cotton crop production more stress resistant, to expand the genetic potential of cultivated cotton, and to improve the yield of transformed cotton with diverse novel traits will bring needed increases in crop yield.

Similarly, seed yield is of value to the cotton producer since seeds are sold for oil production and animal feed. Another minor component, the short fuzz fibers on each seed, provides added economic value to the seed crop. Increased seed and fuzz fiber yield without sacrifice of lint fiber yield or quality would help the producer recover more profit per acre of cotton production. As for cotton seed, increased yield of any seed crop will be of major benefit to agriculture.

Improved cotton fiber quality parameters such as micronaire, maturity ratio, length, length uniformity, bundle strength, and single fiber strength are desired by the textile industry to produce increasingly high quality products and to take full advantage of modern spinning technologies. Fiber quality parameters should also be high enough for the cotton producer to avoid price discounts when he sells his crop to the gin. For example, in a short growing season on the Texas Southern High Plains, producers often suffer price discounts due to low micronaire. Increasingly high fiber quality achieved through breeding has become a required standard in the cotton industry, and market forces may change so producers are more routinely rewarded with price premiums for higher quality cotton. Therefore, stabilizing or increasing fiber quality under diverse environmental conditions through genetic engineering will increase the profitablity of cotton crop production and provide a new spectrum of material properties for exploitation by the processing industries.

Other plant fibers, although often of different tissue origin, share structural features in common with cotton fibers in being elongated cells with cellulose-rich walls. Like cotton fibers, other plant fibers of industrial use are required to have high quality as defined by factors such as cellulose content and wall thickness, diameter, fineness (or coarseness), length, strength, durability, uniformity, elasticity, and elongation. There is an optimum range of such parameters for each particular fiber source and industrial use. Taking examples from wood fibers used after pulping in paper production, longer fiber length and higher single fiber elongation both promote higher paper tear strength. In addition, thick fiber walls promote high pulp yield and production of absorbent paper with high tearing resistance. However, thinner fiber walls promote fiber collapse and better inter-fiber bonding that aids production of high quality writing paper. Therefore, there exists a need to control cell wall thickness and other fiber quality parameters in either negative or positive directions in diverse fibers to improve their yield or quality or expand the range of their industrial utility.

Maximizing crop productivity and utility per acre is a key component of sustainable agriculture. Enhanced production of multiple products from the same crop, such as seed and fiber, would be useful. Similarly, it will be an advantage to maximize the possibility of a successful crop harvest, for example by generating plants with stiffer stems that can better resist lodging in the field without sacrificing the yield of a seed crop.

An increasing level of CO₂ in the atmosphere is a concern due to predicted association of rising global temperatures. There exists a need for plants that are better able to immobilize CO₂ by conversion of it into useful products, especially products that are typically not burned to regenerate CO₂.

Cotton leaves assimilate most carbon into starch during the day, and the starch is converted to sucrose at night for translocation to sinks. As just described, cotton fibers are not well adapted to use this sucrose efficiently for cellulose synthesis during cool nights. Therefore, cool nights reduce cotton photosynthetic efficiency during the following warm day (Warner et al., “Response of Carbon Metabolism to Night Temperatures in Cotton,” Agron. J., 87:1193-1197 (1995)), possibly due to hindered use of carbohydrate at night. The resulting leaf carbohydrate accumulation could signal a down-regulation of photosynthetic genes. The excess starch remaining in the leaf after a cool night could be involved in some negative feedback mechanism reducing photosynthetic rates even after re-warming. There is a need to use genetic engineering to alleviate the cool-night-associated inhibition of photosynthesis during the following warm day.

Sucrose phosphate synthase (“SPS”) is a key protein involved in carbon metabolism in plants (See FIG. 1). SPS catalyzes the formation of sucrose phosphate from UDP-glucose and fructose 6-phosphate. In the leaf, SPS is important in controlling the partitioning of reduced carbon between starch and translocatable sucrose (Huber et al., “Role and Regulation of Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase in Higher Plants,” Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol., 47:431-44 (1996)). In growing sink cells, the data in this invention demonstrate that SPS is involved in directing the flow of carbon to cellulose. Its level of activity can regulate the amount of metabolic flux directed toward cellulose synthesis compared to respiration (See FIG. 2). According to this model, SPS within cellulose-storing sink cells can increase sink strength through an enhanced rate of cellulose synthesis by promoting sucrose synthesis in one or both of two cases: (a) if sucrose transported from the leaves is cleaved to release glucose and fructose before or after entering the sink cells; and/or (b) to reuse the fructose released by the activity of sucrose synthase to channel UDP-glucose and fructose to cellulose synthase. A decreased level of SPS activity can decrease sink strength, by analogous mechanisms, in any case where sink filling is affected by sucrose levels.

In tomato, over-expression of SPS has been shown sometimes to cause a 32% increase in total fruit dry weight. This increase was due not to an increase in individual fruit weight, but to a 50% increase in fruit number (Micallef et al., “Altered Photosynthesis, Flowering, and Fruiting in Transgenic Tomato Plants That Have an Increased Capacity for Sucrose Synthesis,” Planta, 196:327-334 (1995)). These tomato plants have also sometimes been shown to have increased fresh fruit weight per fruit and increased fruit soluble solids (sugars) (Laporte et al., “Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase Activity and Yield Analysis of Tomato Plants Transformed with Maize Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase,” Planta, 203:253-259 (1997)). These reports provide no information about seed yield since tomato seeds weigh little compared to tomato fruits and seeds were not separated from fruits for weighing.

It should be noted that although cotton bolls and tomatoes are both classified botanically as fruits, the nature of the fruits and the relative importance of the seeds they contain is very different. Tomato fruits are essentially sacks of primary cell walls filled with water and soluble glucose, fructose, and sucrose as storage carbohydrates. These sugars crystallize upon drying, contributing to fruit dry weight. Within the fruit, tomato seeds are not a significant sink due to their small size, and they have no economic value except for propagation of tomato. The fruit is the major sink in tomatoes; it constitutes almost all of tomato yield and is the only tomato part with significant economic value.

In contrast, the cotton fruit is relatively dry and thin-walled. The fruit itself does not constitute any substantial sink in cotton or contribute to cotton yield. It protects the seeds only until boll opening, after which it withers. The fruit has no or little economic value (as compost). Cotton seeds with attached fiber represent the two major sinks of substantial economic value in the cotton crop. The cotton fiber is an elongated epidermal cell of the cotton seed coat; it is defined botanically as a trichome. Therefore, the two major sinks in seeds are: (1) the cotyledons of the seed embryo that store oil and protein; and (2) the secondary cell walls of the seed epidermal trichomes (cotton fibers) that store insoluble cellulose. Soluble sugars are not stored in any significant quantity in a mature cotton seed or fruit. Cotton seeds with their attached fiber represent all of the yield in the cotton crop. Therefore, cotton, as well as other fiber producing plants, differ significantly from tomato.

Increased total dry weight of vegetative parts of plants over-expressing SPS has been shown in tomato leaves. In the same study, no change was observed in dry weight of stems and root dry weight decreased (Galtier et al., “Effects of Elevated Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase Activity on Photosynthesis, Assimilate Partitioning, and Growth in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum var UC82B),” Plant Physiol., 101:535-543 (1993)). Tomato leaves do not contain substantial fiber, being composed mainly of mesophyll cells and conducting vascular tissue. The same plants were shown to sometimes have increased dry weight on a whole-plant basis (Ferrario-Méry et al., “Manipulation of the Pathways of Sucrose Biosynthesis and Nitrogen Assimilation in Transformed Plants to Improve Photosynthesis and Productivity,” in Foyer, eds., A Molecular Approach to Primary Metabolism in Higher Plants, Taylor and Francis:New York, pp. 125-153 (1997)) and in above-ground parts including leaves plus stems (Laporte et al., “Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase Activity and Yield Analysis of Tomato Plants Transformed with Maize Sucrose-Phosphate Synthase,” Planta, 203.253-259 (1997)). In potatoes over-expressing SPS, increased total dry weight of tubers has been shown (Shewmaker, “Modification of Soluble Solids Using Sucrose Phosphate Synthase Encoding Sequences,” PCT International Publication Number WO 97/15678). Potato tubers do not contain substantial fiber. They are composed mainly of parenchyma cells with primary walls that store abundant starch and lesser amounts of protein. The major yield component of potato tubers is starch. All of these reports lack information on the effect of SPS over-expression on cell wall thickness, cellulose content, and fiber and seed yield of plants. However, the absence of demonstrated increase in stem weight argues against increased fiber content in the tomato plants analyzed.

Increased expression of SPS has been shown to exert other beneficial effects in tomato and Arabidopsis. In both species, leaf starch storage is reduced in preference for synthesis of sucrose. In both species, maximal rates of photosynthesis are enhanced, most significantly in elevated CO₂ and saturating light (Galtier et al., “Effects of Light and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Enrichment on Photosynthesis and Carbon Partitioning in the Leaves of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) Plant Over-Expressing Sucrose Phosphate Synthase,” J. Expt. Bot., 46:1335-1344 (1995); Micallef et al., “Altered Photosynthesis, Flowering, and Fruiting in Transgenic Tomato Plants That Have an Increased Capacity for Sucrose Synthesis,” Planta, 196:327-334 (1995); and Signora et al., “Over-Expression of Sucrose Phosphate Synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana Results in Increased Foliar Carbohydrate Accumulation in Plants After Prolonged Growth with CO₂ Enrichment,” J. Expt. Bot., 49:669-680 (1998)). However, these reports provide no information related to effects of cool nights on photosynthesis during the warm day.

Thus, there exists a need for a method to control the level of synthesis of cellulose in fiber producing plants, in particular cotton. There exists a need to be able to control the yield and quality of fibers of commercial value, in particular cotton, under diverse environmental conditions. A general need exists to be able to control the synthesis of cellulose and the thickness of cell walls in plants. A general need exists to promote photosynthetic efficiency in plants growing under cool night temperatures. It is important to be able to increase seed yield in crops as well. The present invention addresses those needs and provides improved plants.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to a method of controlling the cellulose synthesis in plants to optimize the level of production and quality of the products derived from the plants.

The invention includes the regulation in the cellulose content, thickness, or yield of any plant cell wall of agricultural or industrial use. Such cell walls include typical thin primary cell walls such as those that are digested in forage and those that exist in useful agricultural residues, for example beet root parenchyma cells remaining after sugar extraction that can be converted into thickening agents. Such cell walls include thick walls such as those of collenchyma and xylem parenchyma that can aid plant rigidity or contribute to yield and digestibility of forage or other agricultural products. Such cell walls also include secondary cell walls such as are commonly found in fiber.

In particular, the present invention provides a transgenic cotton plant that has an increased level of sucrose phosphate synthetase relative to a non-transgenic cotton plant.

The invention also provides a method of increasing the yield of a cotton plant by introducing into the cotton plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters the level of sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase the seed and fiber yield of the cotton plant.

The present invention can also be used to increase the quality of cotton fiber produced from a cotton plant by introducing into a cotton plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters the level of sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase the quality of the cotton fiber produced by the cotton plant.

The invention includes a method of increasing tolerance of photosynthetic efficiency to cool night temperatures by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA that alters the sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase tolerance of photosynthetic efficiency to cool night temperatures.

In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a method of regulating the ratio of cellulose to other dry weight components of the plant by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA construct capable of altering sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to regulate the ratio of cellulose to other dry weight components of the plant.

The invention also provides a method of regulating the thickness of cell walls in a plant by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to regulate the thickness of cell walls.

In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a method of increasing the harvestable yield of fiber from a fiber containing plant by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase the harvestable yield of fiber from a fiber producing plant.

In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a method of increasing the harvestable yield of seed from a seed producing plant by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase the harvestable yield of seed from a seed producing plant.

In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a method of improving the quality of fiber from a fiber producing plant by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to regulate fiber quality. Such improvement may be exemplified by changes in length, strength, and weight per unit length.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows the pathways of carbon assimilation, starch synthesis and catabolism, and sucrose synthesis. UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase catalyzes the highly reversible reaction between glucose 1-phosphate (G-1-P) and UDP-glucose. Sucrose-phosphate synthase catalyzes the formation of sucrose-phosphate from UDP-glucose and fructose 6-phosphate.

FIG. 2 shows the metabolic pathways and enzymes in sink cells related to the biosynthesis of cellulose.

FIGS. 3A-3D show the amino acid alignment between SPS gene sequences from a number of plant species.

FIGS. 4A-4B show the amino acid alignment between the spinach leaf SPS gene sequence and a homologous sequence from Synechocystis.

FIG. 5 is a histogram of fiber weight per seed, which shows elevation in all three transgenic lines. (Here and in all subsequent histograms, the error bars are standard deviations of the average. The average values are printed above each bar.)

FIG. 6 is a histogram of delinted seed weight per seed. It shows elevation in all three transgenic lines.

FIG. 7 is a histogram of the ratio of fiber weight per seed and delinted seed weight per seed. It shows that these two yield parameters tend to increase in parallel, with a small preference for increased fiber weight in transgenic lines.

FIG. 8 is a scatter plot of fiber weight per seed vs delinted seed weight per seed. It shows that these two parameters are interdependent at the 50% level. (Here and with all other scatter plots, R² is the coefficient of determination calculated from the linear regression line. Also, data points from parental C312 are labeled to their right, whereas data point from the three transgenic lines are left unlabeled.) Note, however, that C312 does not shown any linear relationship because seed weight per seed shows little variability in the parental line. Therefore, the overall linear relationship among all the data points derives from the transgenic plants. The transgenic plants have more variability in and higher levels of delinted seed weight per seed and fiber weight per seed than parental C312 plants.

FIG. 9 is a histogram of fuzz fiber weight per seed. It shows elevation in two of three transgenic lines, and a decrease in one transgenic line.

FIG. 10 is a histogram of micronaire, which shows elevation in all three transgenic lines.

FIG. 11 is a scatter plot of micronaire vs fiber weight per seed showing that these two parameters are interdependent at the 60% level. This is sensible since fiber weight per seed depends on 3 factors: number of fibers, length of fibers, and fiber wall thickness. Of these 3 factors, micronaire would depend only on fiber wall thickness. Note that this linear relationship also holds for C312, but the transgenics have higher values for fiber weight per seed and micronaire.

FIG. 12 is a histogram of grams of force to break a single fiber (Tb; g). It shows elevation in all transgenic lines.

FIG. 13 is a histogram of elongation to break a single fiber (% of original fiber length). It shows elevation in all transgenic lines. However, note that Elongation is highest in transgenic line 13-3a, which, among the transgenics, had the lowest increase in grams to break. This suggests that these two factors are primarily determined by different fiber properties, as would be predicted in theory and is confirmed by the scatter plots below.

FIG. 14 is a histogram of work to break a single fiber (μJ). Work, which is a composite factor calculated from grams to break and elongation, is elevated in all transgenic lines.

FIG. 15 is a scatter plot of grams of force to break a single fiber vs. micronaire. The graph shows an interdependency for these parameters over all data points of 68%. Both of these parameters would be expected to increase with a thicker fiber wall.

FIG. 16 is a scatter plot of grams of force to break a single fiber vs. fiber weight per seed. These parameters are interdependent at a level of 61%, which is similar to the dependence on micronaire (See FIG. 15). This supports the hypothesis that increased fiber weight per seed is due in large part to increased fiber wall thickness, since the two other parameters that can increase fiber weight per seed (increased fiber number and increased fiber length) would not be expected to increase grams to break.

FIG. 17 is a scatter plot of work to break a single fiber vs. micronaire. These parameters are interdependent at a level of 48%. The intermediary level of dependency compared to grams to break and elongation alone (See FIG. 19) is reasonable for this composite factor.

FIG. 18 is a scatter plot of work to break a single fiber vs. fiber weight per seed. These parameters are interdependent at a level of 39%, which is similar to the dependence on micronaire (See FIG. 17). As just described for FIG. 16, this supports the hypothesis that increased fiber weight per seed is due in large part to increased fiber wall thickness.

FIG. 19 is a scatter plot of elongation to break vs. micronaire. The graph shows that these parameters are not interdependent. Therefore, over-expression of SPS is predicted to enhance elongation by a mechanism independent of fiber wall thickness, which is consistent with theory.

FIG. 20 is four overlayed scatter plots of photosynthetic rate vs. internal CO2 concentration for parental C312 growing in the Phytotron. Empty symbols are for two plants growing at 30/15° C. and filled symbols are for two plants growing at 30/28° C. All plants were assayed at 30° C. The graphs show that for parental C312, a previous cool night suppresses photosynthetic rate during the warm day.

FIG. 21 is four overlayed scatter plots of photosynthetic rate vs. internal CO2 concentration for the transgenic line 13-3a-1 growing in the Phytotron. Empty symbols are for two plants growing at 30/15° C. and filled symbols are for two plants growing at 30/28° C. All plants were assayed at 30° C. The graphs show that for this transgenic line, a previous cool has no effect on the rate of photosynthesis during the next warm day.

FIG. 22 is four overlayed scatter plots of photosynthetic rate vs. internal CO2 concentration for the transgenic line 225-17a growing in the Phytotron. Empty symbols are for two plants growing at 30/15° C. and filled symbols are for two plants growing at 30/28° C. All plants were assayed at 30° C. The graphs show that for this transgenic line, a previous cool has no effect on the rate of photosynthesis during the next warm day.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a method of controlling the cellulose synthesis in plants to optimize the level of production and quality of the products, in particular fiber, derived from the plants.

The word “fiber” is often used to unify a diverse group of plant cell types that share in common the features of having an elongated shape and abundant cellulose in thick cell walls, usually, but not always, described as secondary walls. Such walls may or may not be lignified, and the protoplast of such cells may or may not remain alive at maturity. Such fibers have many industrial uses, for example in lumber and manufactured wood products, paper, textiles, sacking and boxing material, cordage, brushes and brooms, filling and stuffing, caulking, reinforcement of other materials, and manufacture of cellulose derivatives. In some industries, the term “fiber” is usually inclusive of thick-walled conducting cells such as vessels and tracheids and to fibrillar aggregates of many individual fiber cells. Here the term “fiber” is used in its most inclusive sense, for example including: (a) thick-walled conducting and non-conducting cells of the xylem; (b) fibers of extraxylary origin, including those from phloem, bark, ground tissue, and epidermis; and (c) fibers from stems, leaves, roots, seeds, and flowers or inflorescences (such as those of Sorghum vulgare used in the manufacture of brushes and brooms). In addition to wood from trees, cotton, and forage crops, the invention is applicable to all fibers, including, but not exclusively, those in agricultural residues such as corn, sugar cane, and rice stems that can be used in pulping, flax, hemp, ramie, jute, kenaf, kapok, coir, bamboo, spanish moss, abaca, and Agave spp. (e.g. sisal).

In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a transgenic cotton plant wherein the transgenic cotton plant has an increased level of sucrose phosphate synthetase relative to a non-transgenic cotton plant. Table I shows the level of SPS activity from untransformed C312 plants and four transformed plant lines. All transformed plant lines show significant increases in SPS activity in both leaves and fiber.

Sucrose phosphate synthase plays a key role in the metabolic flux of carbon within plant cells. Genes encoding sucrose phosphate synthase have been isolated and sequenced from a number of plant species. [Spinacia oleracea: Salvucci et al., Plant Physiol., 102:529-536 (1993); Sonnewald et al., Planta, 189(2):174-181 (1993); Oryza sativa: Valdez-Alarcon et al., Gene, 170(2):217-222 (1996); Craterostigma plantaqineum: Ingram et al., Plant Physiol., 115(1):113-121 (1997); Viciua faba: Heim et al., Gene, 178(1-2):201-203 (1996); Solanum tuberosum: EMBL Accession No. X73477; Citrus unshiu: Akira et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 252:346-351 (1996); Saccharum officinarum: Sugiharto et al., Plant Cell Physiol. 38:961-965 (1997); Beta vulgaris: Hesse et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 247(4):515-520 (1995); Zea mays: Worrell et al., Plant Cell, 3:1121-1130 (1991); Arabidopsis thaliana, Bevan et al., NCBI Accession No. AL049487; Synechocystis sp.: Kaneko et al., DNA Res., 2(4): 153-166 (1995); Kaneko et al., DNA Res., 3(3):109-136 (1996); and unknown organism: Van Assche et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,665,892-A, which are hereby incorporated by reference.] A comparison of several of the available SPS gene sequences from higher plants is provided in FIGS. 3A-3D. A comparison of a Synechocystis SPS (Kaneko et al., DNA Res., 2(4):153-166 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference) with the spinach SPS is provided in FIGS. 4A-4B; this protein from a cyanobacterium has as strong a homology with spinach SPS as all the higher plant proteins have among themselves. Preferred sucrose phosphate synthase genes include the genes isolated from spinach, Arabidopsis, beet, bean, citrus, maize, moss, potato, rice, sugar cane, and Synechocystis. The most preferred sucrose phosphate synthetase is spinach sucrose phosphate synthetase.

In addition to the known sequences of sucrose phosphate synthase, modifications of the known sequences are also within the scope of the invention. Variations in the sequence including substitutions, insertions and deletions may be made to the known sequences of sucrose phosphate synthase. Comparisons of all the available sequences indicate which amino acids are highly conserved and those that are variable. Using that information, it is possible to choose variations that should still produce functional proteins.

The maximum activity of sucrose phosphate-synthase may be determined calorimetrically according to the formation of sucrose-6-P (+sucrose) from fructose-6-P and UDP-glucose by the method as described in (Copeland, “Enzymes of Sucrose Metabolism,” Methods in Plant Biochemistry, 3:73-83 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Frozen leaf or fiber tissue was pulverized under liquid nitrogen, then ground in 50 mM HEPES (pH 7.4), 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM EGTA, 10% glycerol, and 0.1% Triton-X-100. A 28 μl aliquot of each supernatant was used in each SPS assay, and each extract was tested in triplicate. A 70 μl assay mixture contained 50 mM HEPES (pH 7.4), 10 mM UDPG, 6 mM fructose-6-P, 20 mM glucose-6-P (an SPS activator), 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EDTA, 0.40 mM EGTA, 4.0% glycerol, and 0.04% Triton-X-100. The assay was conducted for 10 min at 32-34° C. (on the plateau of maximal activity) then terminated by addition of 70 μl of 1N NaOH. Unreacted hexoses or hexose phosphates were destroyed by immersion of tubes in a boiling water bath for 10 min. After cooling to room temperature, 250 μl of 0.1% resorcinol in ethanol and 750 μl of concentrated HCl were added, followed by incubation for 8 min at 80° C. The tubes were quickly cooled to room temperature, A_(520 nm) was measured in a spectrophotometer, and sucrose levels in plant extracts were determined in reference to a sucrose standard curve. Triplicate controls were made for each extract to normalize for possible different endogenous levels of sucrose in each extract. For controls, NaOH was added to the assay tube before the plant extract was added; then these tubes were processed in parallel as above except for the step of assay termination by NaOH that was already done. Plant extracts were also analyzed for protein content by Bradford protein assay and leaf extracts were analyzed for chlorophyll content by its absorbance to allow comparison of SPS activities between different samples. Alternatively, the activity of sucrose phosphate-synthase may be determined spectrophotometrically according to liberation of uridine-5′-diphosphate detected by a pyruvate-kinase coupling enzyme reaction as also described in (Copeland, “Enzymes of Sucrose Metabolism,” Methods in Plant Biochemistry, 3:73-83 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

In order to express the sucrose phosphate synthase in plants, transgenic plants carrying the gene encoding a sucrose phosphate synthase are produced by transforming a plant with a chimeric DNA construct that expresses sucrose phosphate synthase.

In order to express the sucrose phosphate synthase gene from the chimeric DNA, the construct should include a plant specific promoter. The promoter should ensure that the foreign gene is expressed in the plant. The promoter can be chosen so that the expression occurs only in specified tissues, at a determined time point in the plant's development or at a time point determined by outside influences. The promoter can be homologous or heterologous to the plant. Suitable promoters include e.g. the RUBISCO small subunit promoter, fiber-specific promoters, the promoter of the 35S RNA of the cauliflower mosaic virus described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,034,322 (which is hereby incorporated by reference), the enhanced 35S promoter described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,106,739 (which is hereby incorporated by reference), the dual S35 promoter, the FMV promoter from figwort mosaic virus that is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,378,619 (which is hereby incorporated by reference), the RI T-DNA promoter described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,466,792 (which is hereby incorporated by reference), the octopine T-DNA promoter described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,428,147 (which is hereby incorporated by reference), the alcohol dehydrogenase 1 promoter (Callis et al., Genes Dev., 1(10):1183-1200 (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the patatin promoter B33 (Rocha-Sosa et al., EMBO J., 8:23-29 (1989), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the E8 promoter (Deikman et al., EMBO J., 7(11):3315-3320 (1988), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the beta-conglycin promoter (Tierney et al., Planta, 172:356-363 (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the acid chitinase promoter (Samac et al., Plant Physiol., 93:907-914 (1990), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the Arabidopsis histone H4 promoter described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,491,288 (which is hereby incorporated by reference), or the recombinant promoter for expression of genes in monocots described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,290,924 (which is hereby incorporated by reference).

Preferred promoters include the RUBISCO small subunit promoter, the 35S promoters, fiber enhanced promoters, vascular cell enhanced promoters, stem cell enhanced promoters, or seed enhanced promoters. Such promoters may ensure expression in a tissue specific or tissue-enhanced manner, but may allow expression in other cell types. For example it may ensure enhanced expression in photosynthetically active tissues (RUBISCO (Worrell et al., The Plant Cell, 3:1121-1130 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference)) or other mesophyll-cell-specific promoter (Datta et al., Theor. Appl. Genet., 97:20-30 (1998), which is hereby incorporated by reference) or fibers (cotton-fiber-, xylem fiber-, or extra-xylary-fiber-specific or enhanced promoters). Other promoters can be used that ensure expression only in specified organs, such as the leaf, root, tuber, seed, stem, flower or specified cell types such as parenchyma, epidermal, or vascular cells. One example of a tissue specific promoter is the RB7 promoter that is root specific (U.S. Pat. No. 5,459,252, which is hereby incorporated by reference). Such promoters may be used either alone or in combination to optimize over-expression in the most desirable set of tissues or organs.

Preferred cotton fiber-enhanced promoters include those of the cotton fiber-expressed genes E6 (John et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 30:297-306 (1996) and John et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 93:12768-12773 (1996), which are hereby incorporated by reference), H6 (John et al., Plant Physiol., 108:669-676, (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference), FbL2A (Rinehart et al., Plant Physiol., 112:1331-1341 (1996) and John et al, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93:12768-12773 (1996), which are hereby incorporated by reference), rac (Delmer et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 248:43-51 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference); CelA (Pear et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA, 93:12637-12642 (1996), which is hereby incorporated by reference); CAP (Kawai et al., Plant Cell Physiol. 39:1380-1383 (1998)); ACP (Song et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1351:305-312 (1997); and LTP (Ma et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1344:111-114 (1997)).

Preferred promoters enhancing expression in vascular tissue include the CAD 2 promoter (Samaj et al., Planta, 204:437-443 (1998), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the Pt4C11 promoter (Hu et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 95:5407-5412 (1998), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the C4H promoter (Meyer et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 95:6619-6623 (1998), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the PtX3H6 and PtX14A9 promoters (Loopstra et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 27:277-291 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the RolC promoter (Graham, Plant Mol. Biol., 33:729-735 (1997), which is hereby incorporated by reference), the Hvhsp17 promoter (Raho et al., J. Expt. Bot., 47:1587-1594 (1996), which is hereby incorporated by reference), and the COMT promoter (Capellades et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 31:307-322 (1996), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

Preferred promoters enhancing expression in stem tissue include pith promoters (Datta, Theor. Appl. Genet., 97:20-30 (1998) and Ohta et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 225:369-378 (1991), which are hereby incorporated by reference), and the anionic peroxidase promoter (Klotz et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 36:509-520 (1998), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Preferred promoters enhancing expression in phloem, cortex and cork, but not xylem or pith, include the Psam-1 promoter (Mijnsbrugge et al., Plant and Cell Physiol., 37:1108-1115 (1996), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

Preferred promoters enhancing expression in seeds include the phas promoter (Geest et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 32:579-588 (1996)); the GluB-1 promoter (Takaiwa et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 30:1207-1221 (1996)); the gamma-zein promoter (Torrent et al. Plant Mol. Biol. 34:139-149 (1997)), and the oleosin promoter (Sarmiento et al., The Plant Journal 11:783-796 (1997)).

Truncated or synthetic promoters including specific nucleotide regions conferring tissue-enhanced expression may also be used, as exemplified by identification of regulatory elements within larger promoters conferring xylem-enhanced expression (Seguin et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 35:281-291 (1997); Torres-Schumann et al., The Plant Journal, 9:283-296 (1996); and Leyva et al., The Plant Cell, 4:263-271 (1992), which are hereby incorporated by reference).

In one embodiment of the invention the chimeric DNA construct is stablely integrated into the genome of the cotton plant. When a plant is transformed by Agrobacterium mediated transformation, a portion of the Ti plasmid integrates into the plant genome and is stablely passed on to future generations of plant cells.

Numerous methods exist for transforming plant cells. The preferred methods include electroporation, Agrobacterium mediated transformation, biolistic gene transformation, chemically mediated transformation, or microinjection.

The vector described above can be microinjected directly into plant cells by use of micropipettes to transfer mechanically the recombinant DNA (Crossway, Mol. Gen. Genetics, 202:179-185 (1985), which is hereby incorporated by reference). The genetic material may also be transferred into the plant cell using polyethylene glycol (Krens et al., Nature, 296:72-74 (1982), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

Another approach to transforming plant cells with a gene that increases fiber and seed yield and fiber quality is particle bombardment (also known as biolistic transformation) of the host cell. This can be accomplished in one of several ways. The first involves propelling inert or biologically active particles at cells. This technique is disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,945,050, 5,036,006, and 5,100,792, all to Sanford et al., which are hereby incorporated by reference. Generally, this procedure involves propelling inert or biologically active particles at the cells under conditions effective to penetrate the outer surface of the cell and to be incorporated within the interior thereof. When inert particles are utilized, the vector can be introduced into the cell by coating the particles with the vector containing the heterologous DNA. Alternatively, the target cell can be surrounded by the vector so that the vector is carried into the cell by the wake of the particle. Biologically active particles (e.g., dried bacterial cells containing the vector and heterologous DNA) can also be propelled into plant cells.

Yet another method of introduction is fusion of protoplasts with other entities, either minicells, cells, lysosomes or other fusible lipid-surfaced bodies (Fraley et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 79:1859-63 (1982), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

The DNA molecule may also be introduced into the plant cells by electroporation (Fromm et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 82:5824 (1985), which is hereby incorporated by reference). In this technique, plant protoplasts are electroporated in the presence of plasmids containing the expression cassette. Electrical impulses of high field strength reversibly permeabilize biomembranes allowing the introduction of the plasmids. Electroporated plant protoplasts reform the cell wall, divide, and regenerate.

Another method of introducing the DNA molecule into plant cells is to infect a plant cell with Agrobacterium tumefaciens or A. rhizogenes previously transformed with the gene. Under appropriate conditions known in the art, the transformed plant cells are grown to form shoots or roots, and develop further into plants. Generally, this procedure involves inoculating the plant tissue with a suspension of bacteria and incubating the tissue for 48 to 72 hours on regeneration medium without antibiotics at 25-28° C.

Agrobacterium is a representative genus of the gram-negative family Rhizobiaceae. Its species are responsible for crown gall (A. tumefaciens) and hairy root disease (A. rhizogenes). The plant cells in crown gall tumors and hairy roots are induced to produce amino acid derivatives known as opines, which are catabolized only by the bacteria. The bacterial genes responsible for expression of opines are a convenient source of control elements for chimeric expression cassettes. In addition, assaying for the presence of opines can be used to identify transformed tissue.

Heterologous genetic sequences can be introduced into appropriate plant cells, by means of the Ti plasmid of A. tumefaciens or the Ri plasmid of A. rhizogenes. The Ti or Ri plasmid is transmitted to plant cells on infection by Agrobacterium and is stably integrated into the plant genome (Schell, Science, 237:1176-83 (1987), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

After transformation, whole transformed plants can be recovered. If transformed seeds were produced directly, these can be selected by germination on selection medium and grown into plants (Glough et al. The Plant Journal 16:735-743 (1998), which is hereby incorporated by reference). If transformed pollen was produced directly, this can be used for in vivo pollination followed by selection of transformed seeds (Touraev et al., The Plant Journal 12:949-956 (1997), which is hereby incorporated by reference). If meristems were transformed, these can be grown into plants in culture then transferred to soil (Gould, J. et al., Plant Cell Rep. 10:12-16 (1991), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

If protoplasts or explants were transformed, plants can be regenerated. Plant regeneration from cultured protoplasts is described in Evans et al., Handbook of Plant Cell Cultures, Vol. 1, New York, New York:MacMillan Publishing Co., (1983); and Vasil, ed., Cell Culture and Somatic Cell Genetics of Plants, Orlando:Acad. Press, Vol. I (1984), and Vol. III (1986), which are hereby incorporated by reference. Means for regeneration vary from species to species of plants, but generally a suspension of transformed protoplasts or a petri plate containing transformed explants is first provided. Callus tissue is formed and shoots may be induced from callus and subsequently rooted.

Alternatively, embryo formation can be induced in the callus tissue. These embryos germinate as natural embryos to form plants. The culture media will generally contain various amino acids and hormones, such as auxin and cytokinins. It is also advantageous to add glutamic acid and proline to the medium, especially for such species as corn and alfalfa. Efficient regeneration will depend on the medium, on the genotype, and on the history of the culture. If these three variables are controlled, then regeneration is usually reproducible and repeatable.

It is known that practically all plants can be regenerated from cultured cells or tissues, including but not limited to, species of sugarcane, sugar beets, cotton, forest trees, forage crops, and fiber producing plants. Regeneration is also possible in seed-producing plants including, but not limited to, maize, rice, wheat, soybean, rape, sunflower, and peanut.

After the expression cassette is stably incorporated in transgenic plants, it can be transferred to other plants by sexual crossing. Any of a number of standard breeding techniques can be used, depending upon the species to be crossed.

Once transgenic plants of this type are produced, the plants themselves can be cultivated in accordance with conventional procedure with the presence of the gene encoding the sucrose phosphate synthase resulting in enhanced seed yield and/or enhanced fiber yield and/or enhanced fiber quality. Alternatively, transgenic seeds are recovered from the transgenic plants. These seeds can then be planted in the soil and cultivated using conventional procedures to produce transgenic plants.

The present invention also provides seeds produced from the transgenic plant having increased synthesis of sucrose phosphate synthase.

In another embodiment, the invention provides a method of increasing the yield of cotton plant by introducing into a cotton plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase the yield of the cotton plant. A chimeric gene may be introduced into plant cells or tissue. Transformed cells are selected, usually by the use of a selectable marker. The transformed cells are then used to generate a transformed plant (Fraley et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 79:1859-1863 (1982), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

Preferred plants are cotton plants. The transformed plants may have an increase in the yield of cotton seeds or cotton fiber.

The present invention also provides a method of increasing the quality of cotton fiber produced from a cotton plant by introducing into a cotton plant a chimeric DNA construct that alters the sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase the quality of the cotton fiber produced by the cotton plant.

The level of sucrose phosphate synthase may be increased by expressing factors that increase the level of expression of the gene. Such factors may act on regulatory sites controlling expression that are normally located near the sucrose phosphate synthase gene or heterologous regulatory sites located near the gene in a chimeric construct. Alternatively, the level of sucrose phosphate synthase may be increased by introducing a chimeric DNA construct that directly expresses a sucrose phosphate synthase.

Generally, the present invention can be used to change the ratio of cellulose to the dry weight of the whole plant or to the dry weight of plant components by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA construct capable of altering sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to change the ratio of cellulose to the dry weight of the whole plant or plant components. The change in cellulose can be observed in relation to total weight of the plant or fractionated parts of plants including, but not exclusively, starch, total cell walls, cell wall of fibers, particular organs such as stems, or cell wall components such as pectins, hemicelluloses, proteins, extractives, and lignin. The change in the ratio of cellulose to the fractionated parts of plants can be observed when the fractionated parts are considered alone or in any additive combination.

Changes in qualities as claimed in this invention refer to changes of at least 10% compared to a plant lacking the transgene. For example, the ratio of cellulose in cell walls may be changed from 20% to 18% or lower or 22% or higher. Such change compared to parental level could apply to all cell walls or any cell wall fraction of a plant.

In a preferred embodiment, the dry weight of cellulose may be increased so that its ratio to other dry weight components exceeds 40%. Such increase to exceed 40% could apply to wood, fibers, and other cellulose-rich cell walls such as collenchyma and thickened xylem parenchyma.

To accomplish certain changes, the level of sucrose phosphate synthase may be decreased by expressing factors that decrease the level of expression of the gene. Such factors may act on regulatory sites controlling expression that are normally located near the sucrose phosphate synthase gene or heterologous regulatory sites located near the gene in a chimeric construct. Alternatively, in anti-sense technology, the level of sucrose phosphate synthase may be decreased by introducing a chimeric DNA construct that contains the complementary cDNA of a sucrose phosphate synthase (Arndt et al., Genome, 40:785-797 (1997), which is hereby incorporated by reference). Alternatively, decreased SPS activity might be induced by homology dependent gene silencing (Wassenegger et al. Plant Mol. Biol. 37:349-362 (1998), which is hereby incorporated by reference), virus-induced gene silencing (Baulcombe, Curr. On. Plant Biol. 2:109-113 (1999), which is hereby incorporated by reference), chimeric RNA/DNA oligonucleotides (Zhu et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 15:8768-8773 (1999), which is hereby incorporated by reference), or homologous recombination (Shalev et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:7398-7402 (1999), which is hereby incorporated by reference).

In yet another embodiment, the invention provides a method of increasing tolerance of photosynthetic efficiency to cool night temperatures by introducing into a plant a chimeric DNA construct capable of altering sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to increase tolerance of photosynthetic efficiency to cool night temperatures.

The present invention can be used to regulate the thickness of cell walls in a plant by introducing into the plant a chimeric DNA construct that will change the sucrose phosphate synthase activity. In particular, the method can be used to increase the yield of harvestable fiber from any fiber producing plant.

In a preferred embodiment, the plant is a fiber producing plant. More preferred fiber producing plants are sugarcane, sugar beets, forest trees, forage crops, fiber producing plants, and seed producing plants.

In yet another embodiment, the present invention can be used to increase the harvestable yield of fiber from a plant. The invention may also be used to alter the quality of fiber isolated from the plant . . . Changes in sucrose phosphate synthase can change fiber strength, fiber length or weight per unit length. Changes may either increase or decrease the strength, length or weight per unit length.

The present invention can be used to increase the yield of seed harvested from a seed producing plant by introducing into the plant a chimeric DNA construct that will increase the sucrose phosphate synthase activity.

The methods of the invention are broadly applicable and can be used in a wide variety of plants including cotton, forest trees, forage crops, beets, flax, hemp, jute, and other fiber-producing plants. They can also be used in seed producing plants including cotton, flax, wheat, rice, corn, soybean. Brassica sp. (e.g. rape), sunflower, safflower, peanut, palm, and other seed producing plants.

The methods of the invention are further described in the examples that follow.

EXAMPLES Example 1

Materials and Methods

Most plants described were grown in one chamber at the Duke University Phytotron: 360 ppm (normal) CO₂; 30°/15-19° C. day/night cycle; 14h day/10 h night; 1200 μmol m⁻²s⁻¹ (metal halide) illumination; irrigation 2× daily with ½ strength Hoagland's solution; potted in a mixture of gravel and sand in 4 gallon pots. A change to 30/19° C. from 30/15° C. occurred after about 4 months growth, which was about half-way through the maturation of first bolls in C312 and all transgenic lines. This temperature condition is subsequently referred to as 30/15° C. for simplicity. This chamber is emphasized because its temperature and CO₂ conditions represent those likely to be encountered by cotton crops in the field, for example but not exclusively on the Texas Southern High Plains.

Other plants were grown in the Duke University Phytotron in 3 other chambers as described except with the following changes: (a) 360 ppm CO₂, 30°/28° C. day/night cycle; (b) 700 ppm (elevated) CO₂, 30°/15-19° C. day/night cycle; and (c) 700 ppm CO₂, 30°/28° C. day/night cycle.

Other plants were grown in the Texas Tech University greenhouse: natural CO₂ and illumination; approximately 32/22° C. day/night cycle; 2 gallon pots; irrigation 2-3× daily; slow-release fertilizer in the soil and soluble fertilizer applied 1× weekly.

All open bolls were harvested from each plant from which seed and fiber parameters were evaluated. Lint fiber was removed from the seeds by hand-stripping. Cotton seeds are covered with lint fiber (the long fiber used for textiles) and fuzz fiber (short fibers used in various industrial applications). (Lint) fiber weight and fuzzy seed weight from each plant was determined by weighing. Hereafter, ‘fiber’ refers to lint fiber, with fuzz fiber specified when necessary. Seed number per plant was determined by counting. (Seeds and fiber of underdeveloped “motes” were not included.) Fiber was sent to Cotton Incorporated, Raleigh, NC for HVI, AFIS, and Mantis fiber quality analysis. Seeds from the 30/15° C. chamber were subsequently acid-delinted, air-dried, and weighed. From this chamber, fuzz fiber weight per seed was determined by subtraction of the weights of fuzzy and delinted seeds.

For plants for which stem weight was determined, any unopened bolls and leaves and petioles were removed. Above-ground stems were oven-dried and weighed.

The plant line used is a Coker 312 wild-type (untransformed parent) and four transgenic lines. Transgenic plant lines, each known to represent separate transformation events, are designated 13-3a, 225-17a, 40-4b, and 40-6a. T0, T1, or T2 represent primary transformants and the first and second filial generations, respectively. All transgenic plants tested were Kanamycin resistant as determined from formation of lateral roots of germinating seedlings within agar containing Kanamycin. The segregation ratio of seeds germinated on kanamycin is expressed as resistant/sensitive ratio (Table 1). Ratios were assessed after 7-14 days to include most slow-germinating seeds.

The number of individual plants grown in the Phytotron to yield average data for each parameter (except for 40-6a-4) is indicated as Phytotron Plants (n) (Table 2). Line 40-6a-4, although it generally performed consistently with the other lines, was omitted from fiber quality averages because it was represented by only one plant in the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber. Values from two T2 lineages of line 40-4b were averaged together because T1#1 and T1#4 are similar siblings (except for segregation ratio) that generated similar T2 progeny.

Leaf and fiber RNA levels were determined by Northern analysis of the mRNA for foreign SPS in the leaf, scored as positive or negative (Table 1). Extractable SPS activity (production of sucrose) is standardized as μmol sucrose/mg chlorophyll/hour for leaf activity or as μmol sucrose/mg protein/hour for fiber activity (Table 1).

The Boll # per Plant is the number of non-aborted bolls on each plant.

The Delinted Seed Weight per Seed (g) and (Lint) Fiber Weight per Seed (g) (Table 2) are data derived from all open bolls of each plant at the time the experiment was terminated. Under 30/28° C., all bolls had opened, but under 30/15° C., some unopened bolls were left on each plant at termination. Each data point represented 192-487 seeds yielding 24.5-48.5 g lint fiber.

Bulk (or bundle) fiber properties as determined by automated HVI and AFIS testing are summarized in Tables 3 and 4. The fiber micronaire (by HVI) is a unitless measurement that depends both on fiber maturity (or wall thickness determined by secondary wall cellulose content) and fiber diameter.

Fiber bundle strength (by HVI) is expressed in units of (cN/tex). It is the specific strength of the fiber bundle is which the individual fiber fineness (tex) is calculated from the Micronaire value.

Fiber fineness (by AFIS) is expressed as (mTex). It represents the weight, in milligrams, of one kilometer of the fiber. One thousand meters of fibers with a mass of 1 milligram equals 1 millitex.

The fiber maturity ratio (by AFIS) is an expression of the degree of cell wall thickening (depending on secondary cell wall cellulose deposition). It is the ratio of fibers with a 0.5 (or more) circularity ratio divided by the amount of fibers with 0.25 (or less) circularity. (Fibers with thicker walls are less prone to collapse and remain more circular upon drying.) The higher the maturity ratio, the more mature the fibers are and the better the fibers are for dyeing.

The immature fiber content (“IFC %”, by AFIS) is the percentage of fibers with less than 0.25 maturity. The lower the IFC %, the more suitable the fiber is for dyeing.

Several different units are used as indicators of fiber length. Table 3 shows values for three of these as now described. Upper half mean (“UHM”, by HVI) is the mean length of the longest one half of the fibers (weight biased). The fiber Uniformity Index (“UI”, by HVI) expresses the ratio of the mean value (Mean Length) to the Upper Half Mean Length. It is a measure of the fiber length scatter within the population; if all fibers were the same length UI would equal 100%. Short Fiber Content (“SFC %”, by HVI) is the percentage of fibers less than ½″ long on a weight basis. HVI is thought to measure Short Fiber Content as determined by genetics only since the measurement does not impose additional potential fiber breaking stress.

Other fiber length indicators discussed in the text are as follows. The weight basis length (“L(w)” [in], by AFIS) is the average length of fibers calculated on a weight basis. The number basis length (“L(n)” [in], by AFIS) is the mean length of fibers calculated by number. The length “L5% (n)” [in] (by AFIS) is the 5% span length, or the length spanned by 5% of the fibers when they are parallel and randomly distributed. The length “L2.5% (n)” [in] (by AFIS) is the 2.5% span length, or the length spanned by 2.5% of the fibers when they are parallel and randomly distributed. The “UQL (w)” [in] (by AFIS) is the upper quartile length of fibers by weight, or the length exceeded by 25% of the fibers by weight. Finally, the “SFC (n)” [in] and “SFC (w)” [in] (by AFIS) are the percentage of fibers less than 0.50 inches long on a number and weight basis, respectively. In contrast to HVI, AFIS beats the fibers before taking these measurements, which has potential to cause fiber breakage. Therefore, AFIS SFC values are a good indication of the characteristics of the fiber after normal processing.

Single fiber strength and elongation parameters derived from Mantis testing are summarized in Table 5. “Tb” [g] is grams of force to break a single fiber. “Elongation” [%] is single fiber elongation before break as % of original length. “Work” [μJ] is a composite of Tb and Elongation, representing the work expended to break a single fiber.

Detailed methods for particular experiments are included under the Examples.

Example 2

Summary of Results Demonstrating Increased Fiber and Seed Yield in Transgenic Plants with Increased SPS Activity

Transgenic cotton plants with spinach SPS under the control of a constitutive promoter showed foreign gene expression in the leaf and fiber as demonstrated by Northern analysis. At the T1/T2 generation, they showed average increased SPS enzyme activity of 3.3 times and 2.3 times in the leaf and fiber, respectively, compared to parental C312 (Table 1). In this and all following tables, values indicating superior features of transgenic plants compared to parental C312 are shown in bold.

TABLE 1 Characterization of Spinach SPS gene expression and Total SPS Activity in Transgenic Plants Leaf SPS Normalized Fiber Normal- Segre- Activity Leaf SPS ized Fiber Plant gation Leaf Fiber (chloro- SPS Activity SPS Line Ratio RNA RNA phyll) Activity (protein) Activity C312-wt na − − 23.53^(a) 1.0 39.91 1.0 31.30^(b) 1.0 13-3a T0 + 119.2 5.1 T1 22:6 T1#1 @ T2 66:0 + 127.2 4.0 103.39 2.6 225-17a T0 + 118.5 5.0 T1 25:12 + 121.8 3.9 93.71 2.4 40-4b T0 + 107.3 4.6 T1 11:4 T1#1 @ T2 51:16 60.3 1.9 91.67 2.3 T1#4 @ T2 10:0 + 66.4 2.1 76.00 1.9 40-6a T0 + 89.3 3.8 T1 6:5 T1#4 @ T2 9:2 57.6 1.8 74.12 1.9 Transgenic 103.9 3.3 85.4 2.3 Average at T1/T2^(c) ^(a)Value measured and used for T0 comparisons. ^(b)Value measured and used for T1 and T2 comparisons. ^(c)Excludes values for line 40-6a and uses a composite average value for line 40-4b to parallel the procedures used in analysis of fiber quality data.

Over the first 9 weeks of growth in the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ Phytotron chamber during which plant height and leaf number were measured, the transgenic lines grew similarly to parental C312. The average height of the transgenic plants was 0.90× the value for parental C312. The average leaf number of the transgenic plants was 1.02× parental C312.

In the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ Phytotron chamber, up-regulated SPS gene expression caused increases in yield components of the fiber and seed crop (Table 2).

TABLE 2 Yield Components of SPS Transgenic Plants Compared to Parental C312 (at 30/15° C. and 360 ppm CO₂) Delinted Normal- Seed ized Fiber Normal- Phyto- Weight Seed Weight ized tron Boll Normal- per Weight per Fiber Plant Plants # per ized Seed per Seed Weight Line (n) Plant Boll # (g) Seed (g) per Seed C312-wt 4 22.8 1.0 0.090 1.0 0.047 1.0 13-3a T1#1 @ T2 4 26.5 1.16 0.107 1.19 0.058 1.23 225-17a T1 4 26.0 1.14 0.110 1.22 0.063 1.34 40-4b T1#1 & #4 @ T2 5 28.2 1.24 0.100 1.11 0.057 1.21 40-6a T1#4 @ T2 1 28.0 1.23 0.105 1.17 0.054 1.15 Transgenic Average at T1/T2^(a) 26.9 1.18 0.106 1.18 0.059 1.25 ^(a)Average omits line 40-6a because of few replications.

Both cotton fiber and cotton seeds are valuable crops, the lint fibers for use in textiles and other applications and the seeds as a source of oil and seed meal. In addition, short fuzz fibers (also called linters) are harvested as a source of chemical cellulose, among other uses. Increases were observed in number of bolls per plant, seed weight per seed, fiber weight per seed, and fuzz fiber weight per seed. Boll number per plant indicates overall capacity for production of seeds with attached fiber. Furthermore, increased weight of seed and fiber per seed generates increased yield. Transgenic plants over-expressing SPS achieve increased yield of two types of crops at the same time: seed yield based primarily on storage of protein and oil and fiber yield based on storage of cellulose. Therefore, plants that over-express SPS can be predicted to generate more income per acre for the cotton producer based on crop yield alone. Coker 312 plants over-expressing SPS can also be used for future transformations to help overcome any potential yield drag from use of this old cultiver in genetic engineering. Seed and fiber yield can be maximized at the same time in other crop plants, and stiffer stems can be generated to resist lodging without sacrifice of seed yield.

Increased Boll Number Per Plant:

Three transgenic lines tested in the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber with good replication showed 14-24% increase in boll number per plant compared to parental C312, with an average increase of 18% (Table 2). Increased boll number of all transgenic lines was also observed in the 30/15° C., 700 ppm CO₂ and 30/28° C., 700 PPM CO₂ chambers.

Increased Fiber Weight Per Seed:

Three transgenic lines tested in the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber showed 21-34% increase in fiber weight per seed compared to parental C312, with an average increase of 25% (Table 2, FIG. 5). This effect was not consistently observed in other chambers. Fiber weight per seed is a composite of fiber number, fiber length, and fiber wall thickness. Since average fiber micronaire (indicating increased wall thickness) and other related factors do increase in all transgenic lines across all chambers (see below), one may infer that unmeasured factors such as changing fiber number might impact fiber weight per seed under nearly constant warm temperature or elevated CO₂.

A measurement sometimes taken in lab-based yield analysis is “lint %”=(lint fiber weight)/(total seed and lint fiber weight). This parameter increases 1.8-2.7% for three transgenic lines above the parental C312 value of 31.14% (average increase for transgenics of 2.1%). This value under-estimates fiber yield improvement in transgenic lines because seed weight also increases (see below).

Increased Seed Weight Per Seed:

Three transgenic lines tested in the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber showed 11-22% increase in delinted seed weight per seed compared to parental C312, with an average increase of 18% (Table 2, FIG. 6). Only fuzzy seeds have been weighed from other chambers. However, comparing fuzzy and delinted values from the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber indicates that fuzzy seed values are representative of the trends in seed yield. Fuzzy seeds showed increased seed weight per seed in the transgenic lines growing in the other three chambers with only one exception (225-17a showed seed weight per seed equal to parental C312 in the 30/28° C., 700 ppm CO₂ chamber).

The ratio of Fiber Weight per Seed to Delinted Seed Weight per Seed in the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber was increased by an average of 9.0% in three transgenic lines (FIG. 7). A scatter plot of fiber weight per seed vs. delinted seed weight per seed shows that transgenic plants separate from parental C312 through increases in both of these yield components together (FIG. 8). However, there is preferential enhancement of fiber weight compared to seed weight in SPS transgenic plants.

Increased Fuzz Fiber Weight Per Seed:

Fuzz fiber weight per seed was obtained by subtracting the unit seed weight of delinted seed from the unit seed weight of fuzzy seeds from the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber (FIG. 9). Two transgenic lines (225-17a and 40-4b) showed increases (averaging 19% increase compared to parental C312) and one transgenic line (13-3a) showed a decrease (19% decrease compared to parental C312). Seeds of line 13-3a also looked blacker before delinting, suggesting initiation of fewer fuzz fibers than on seeds of either parental C312 or the other two transgenic lines. Therefore, transgenic lines show some variation in numbers of fuzz fibers initiated, but, once initiated, over-expressed SPS enhances their yield similarly to lint fibers.

Example 3

Summary of Results Demonstrating Increased Fiber Quality as Analyzed by Automated HVI and AFIS on Bulk Samples

Many spinning properties of cotton depend on its properties as a bulk sample. HVI and AFIS are automated systems that analyze these properties, yielding complementary information. These analyses show that the quality parameters of fiber produced by SPS transgenic plants are moving as a set into the premium quality range. Fiber from SPS transgenic plants is longer, stronger, and more mature—all these features are currently valued by the cotton processing and textile industries to make high quality fabrics. Even under a stressful 30/15-19° C. temperature cycle typical of the Texas Southern High Plains, the quality of fiber from SPS transgenic plants resembles that of premium cotton such as is traditionally grown in California. Therefore, cotton fiber from SPS transgenic plants can serve an expanded set of end-use markets and sell for a premium price. Producers growing SPS transgenic cotton should also be able to avoid price discounts for inferior quality such a low micronaire that can result from traditional cotton grown on the Texas Southern High Plains. Therefore, SPS transgenic cotton should stabilize or enhance income per acre for the cotton producer based on improved fiber quality.

Improvements Under 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂:

Key bulk fiber quality parameters from fiber grown in the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber and analyzed by HVI and AFIS are shown in Table 3. Factors of increase for transgenic lines over parental C312 are shown in Table 4.

TABLE 3 Fiber Quality Parameters of SPS Transgenic Plants Compared to Parental C312 (at 30/15° C. and 360 ppm CO₂) Phyto- Fiber Fiber Fiber Immature Fiber Fiber Short Fiber tron Fiber Bundle Fine- Matur- Fiber Length Unifor- Content Plant Plants Micro- Strength ness ity Content (UHM) mity (% by Line (n) naire (cN/tex) (mTex) Ratio (%) (in) (UI, %) HVI) C312-wt 4 3.68 27.1 167 0.89 7.45 1.04 83.1 7.5 13-3a T1#1 @ T2 4 4.55 28.8 170 0.92 6.85 1.15 88.9 5.9 225-17a T1 4 5.12 31.0 189 0.99 4.35 1.14 87.9 2.9 40-4b T1#1 & #4 @ T2 5 4.50 31.1 180 0.95 5.64 1.12 84.8 5.9 40-6a T1#4 @ T2 1 5.30 29.6 177 0.96 5.20 1.08 86.1 11.3 Transgenic 4.72 30.3 180 0.95 5.61 1.14 87.2 4.9 Average at T1/T2^(a) ^(a)Average omits line 40-6a because of few replications.

TABLE 4 Changes in Fiber Quality Parameters of SPS Transgenic Plants (at 30/15° C. and 360 ppm CO₂) (Values are shown normalized to C312-wt values set to 1.0 or as % changes from parental C312 values.) Normal- Normal- Change Normal- ized ized Normal- Change in Change in Short Phyto- ized Fiber Fiber ized Immature Normal- in Fiber Fiber tron Fiber Bundle Fine- Fiber Fiber ized Fiber Unifor- Content Plant Plants Micro- Strength ness Maturity Content Length mity (% by Line (n) naire (cN/tex) (mTex) Ratio (%) (UHM) (UI, %) HVI) C312-wt 4 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 7.45% 1.00 8.31% 7.5% 13-3a T1#1 @ T2 4 1.23 1.06 1.02 1.03 −0.60% 1.11 +5.8% −1.6% 225-17a T1 4 1.39 1.14 1.13 1.11 −3.10% 1.09 +4.8% −4.6% 40-4b T1#1 & #4 @ T2 5 1.22 1.15 1.08 1.07 −1.81% 1.07 +1.7% −1.6% 40-6a T1#4 @ T2 1 1.44 1.09 1.08 1.08 −2.25% 1.04 +3.0% +3.8% Transgenic 1.28 1.12 1.08 1.07 −1.84% 1.10 +4.1% −2.6% Average Changes at T1/T2^(a) ^(a)Average omits 40-6a because of few replications.

Micronaire. Three transgenic lines showed an average increase of 28% to attain an average micronaire of 4.72 (FIG. 10). Micronaire depends on secondary wall thickness and fiber diameter. It is desirable that increases in micronaire occur because of increased secondary wall thickness, not because of increased fiber diameter. The fiber diameter is estimated from the standardized relationship between Fiber Fineness and Fiber Maturity Ratio (Table 3) and found to be little-changed in transgenic lines. Both parental C312 and the transgenic lines had estimated fiber diameter between 16.5-17.0 μm. Furthermore, a plot of Micronaire vs. Fiber Weight per Seed shows an interdependence at the 59% level (FIG. 11), supporting the existence of thicker walls in fibers of SPS transgenic plants. Other data on fiber strength, maturity ratio, and immature fiber content (see below) also support an increase in wall thickness of fiber from SPS transgenic plants. Over 90% of the thickness of the cotton fiber wall is due to deposition of almost pure cellulose in the secondary cell wall. Therefore, over-expression of SPS has increased the cellulose content of cotton fibers.

Fiber Bundle Strength. Three transgenic lines showed an average increase of 12% to attain an average bundle strength of 30.3 cN/tex.

Fiber Fineness. Three transgenic lines showed an average increase of 8% to attain an average fineness of 180. Higher fiber fineness is traditionally undesirable because it is usually attributed to larger fiber diameter. However, since fiber of SPS transgenic plants has diameter approximately equal to parental C312 (see above), the increased fineness is likely attributable to increased fiber wall thickness yielding more weight per unit length. Therefore, increased fineness of fiber from SPS transgenic plants is expected to be a neutral or positive fiber quality factor.

Fiber Maturity Ratio. Three transgenic lines showed an average increase of 7% to attain an average maturity ratio of 0.95, which falls in the “above average” range (0.95-1.00). This is superior to parental C312 with its average value of 0.89 in the “mature” range (0.85-0.95).

Immature Fiber Content. Three transgenic lines showed an average decrease of 1.84% to attain an average of 5.61% immature fibers. Transgenic fibers are superior to those of parental C312, which contain an average of 7.45% immature fibers.

Fiber length. Three transgenic lines showed an average increase in Upper Half Mean length of 10% to attain average UHM of 1.14 inches. The three lines also have more uniform fiber length, with average Uniformity Index increased 4.1% to attain average UI of 87.2%. The three lines also have fewer short fibers, with average Short Fiber Content by HVI decreasing 2.6% to attain average SFC % of 4.9%. In addition to data summarized in Tables 3 and 4, other AFIS parameters support increased fiber length in fibers of SPS transgenic plants. For the average of three transgenic lines, L(w) increases 7% to 1.06 inches, L(n) increases 9% to 0.96 inches, UQL (w) increases 6% to 1.19 inches, L5% (n) [in] increases 6% to 1.34 inches, and L2.5% (n) increases 5% to 1.46 inches. Similarly, AFIS showed that on average three transgenic lines had decreased short fiber content with SFC % (w) decreasing 1.0% to 3.1% and SFC % (n) decreasing 2.0% to 10.6%. (These AFIS SFC % averages omit the values from one plant of line 40-4b because they were extreme outliers that greatly skewed the averages away from the values for the other four plants in the line.) Since AFIS beats the fibers before taking the measurement, these reduced SFC % values are good indications for improved utility of fibers from SPS transgenic plants in normal fiber processing.

Improvements Under Diverse Environmental Conditions:

Many fiber quality parameters were enhanced most for transgenic lines compared to parental C312 in the 30/15° C., 360 CO₂ ppm chamber, which was the only typical growing condition for cotton tested. However, fiber quality was also maintained or enhanced in transgenic plants growing in the other Phytotron chambers where temperature was varied from 30/15° C. to 30/28° C. and/or CO₂ was varied from 360 ppm to 700 ppm. This is demonstrated by transgenic values and change from values for C312 of fiber quality data from the three transgenic lines growing in the other three chambers averaged together, excluding the 30/15° C., 360 ppm chamber that has been summarized independently. Over-expression of SPS maintains especially strong effects on Micronaire and average fiber length, L(n), with parallel consistent effects on UI and SFC.

Micronaire. 4.65; 1.13× compared to the C312 average value.

Fiber Bundle Strength. 30 cN/tex; 1.02×.

Fiber Maturity Ratio. 0.92, 1.03×.

Immature Fiber Content. 6.69%; decreased 1.1%.

Length (n). 0.95 inches; 1.08×.

Upper Quartile Length. 1.21 inches; 1.03×.

Fiber Uniformity Index. 87.7%; increased 1.3%.

Short Fiber Content (w) by HVI. 3.77%; decreased 1%.

Short Fiber Content (w) by AFIS. 3.95%; decreased 1.75%.

Changes within each plant line are compared in average values for the quality parameters of Micronaire, UHM, UI, bundle strength, SFC %, UQL, L(n), IFC %, and maturity ratio when 30/15° C. changed to 30/28° C. (at 360 ppm CO₂) or 360 ppm CO₂ changed to 700 ppm CO₂ (at 30/15° C.). These calculations show that over-expression of SPS in transgenic lines promotes nearly maximum increases in fiber quality even at the most limiting 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ condition. In contrast, raising the minimum temperature or the CO₂ level substantially enhanced the Micronaire, UHM, UI, and bundle strength of parental C312. Therefore, high fiber quality in SPS transgenic plants is more independent of environment.

Example 4

Summary of Results Demonstrating Increased Fiber Quality as Analyzed by Mantis Single Fiber Tests

Cotton fibers with higher individual fiber strength are highly valued by the textile industry because they break less frequently during processing. Therefore, average fiber length can be maintained at a higher value throughout processing and higher quality fabrics can be manufactured with fewer defects. Increasing individual fiber strength is a major goal of the cotton industry.

Mantis tests to determine single fiber strength were run on 100 fibers (two independent groups of 50 fibers each) from at least 4 plants from each plant line. Therefore, data in Table 5 are averages from at least 400 total fibers from each plant line.

TABLE 5 Single Fiber Strength of SPS Transgenic Plants Compared to Parental C312 (at 30/15° C. and 360 ppm CO₂) Change Normal- Tb in Normal- Work Plant Fiber Tb ized Tb S.D. Elong Elong Work ized Work S.D. Line # (g) Tb S.D. % (%) % (μJ) Work S.D. % C312-wt 400 5.30 1.00 2.45 46.2 15.05 13.21 1.00 8.98 68.0 13-3a T1#1 @ T2 400 5.90 1.11 2.55 43.2 17.40 +2.35 15.99 1.21 8.62 53.9 225-17a T1 400 7.18 1.35 2.85 39.7 16.67 +1.62 18.09 1.37 9.55 52.8 40-4b T1#1, #4 @ T2 500 6.60 1.24 2.71 41.1 16.89 +1.84 17.22 1.30 9.21 53.5 Transgenic 6.56 1.24 2.70 41.2 16.99 +1.94 17.10 1.29 9.13 53.4 Average Tb: grams of force to break a single fiber Elong %: Single fiber elongation before break as % of original length Work: a composite of Tb and Elongation = work expended to break a Single fiber XX S.D: Standard deviation of the value XX S.D. %: % of the actual value represented by the standard deviation value

Table 5 shows that single fiber strength as manifested in Tb, Elongation, and Work is consistently improved in all 3 transgenic lines compared to parental C312. On average in three transgenic lines, Tb is increased 24% to 6.56 g (FIG. 12), Elongation is increased 1.94% to 16.99% (FIG. 13), and Work is increased 29% to 17.10 μJ (FIG. 14). (HVI did not show any increase in Elongation % of transgenic lines compared to parental C312 because the bundle-based HVI test will reflect only the elongation of the weakest fibers in the bundle.) Also, the standard deviation is a lower percentage of the transgenic single fiber strength values (averaging 14.6% lower for Work), demonstrating improved uniformity of single fiber strength. (Results of Mantis single fiber tests are expected to have high standard deviations).

The scatter plots in FIGS. 15-19 show correlations between single fiber strength parameters and Micronaire or Fiber Weight per Seed from the 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber. These illustrate positive correlations between Tb and Work and Micronaire and Fiber Weight per Seed (FIGS. 15-18). In contrast, no positive correlations were observed between Elongation and Micronaire (FIG. 19) or Fiber Weight per Seed. Coefficients of determination show that 39-68% of the increases in Tb and Work are determined by increases in Micronaire and Fiber Weight per Seed. These positive correlations are primarily determined by distinctly separated groups of data points from the fibers of SPS transgenic plants. This point is emphasized by Table 6 showing coefficients of determination (R²) for each plant line considered separately. In contrast to the transgenic lines, parental C312 shows no substantial, positive R² values. Therefore, over-expression of SPS causes increased values of Micronaire in transgenic fibers that are correlated with increased values of single fiber strength compared to parental C312.

TABLE 6 Coefficients of Determination (R²) from Linear Regression Plots of Single Fiber Strength Parameters of Individual Plant Lines Plotted Against Micronaire and Fiber Weight Per Seed Work Tb Elongation Y Axis Fiber Weight Fiber Weight Fiber Weight X Axis Micronaire per Seed Micronaire per Seed Micronaire per Seed Plant Line C312 −0.10 −0.10 0.16 0.15 −0.29 −0.29 13-3a 0.50 0.06 0.37 0.00 0.56 0.30 225-17a 0.40 0.67 0.95 0.99 −0.57 −0.31 40-4b 0.34 0.83 0.83 0.54 0.10 0.83

The substantial positive correlations with Tb and Work for both Micronaire (in 3 transgenic lines) and Fiber Weight per Seed (in 2 transgenic lines) support the fact that the increases in Fiber Weight per Seed and Micronaire are due to increased cellulose deposition in the fiber wall. Increase in Fiber Weight per Seed due to increased fiber number or increase in Micronaire due to increased fiber diameter would not result in an increase in single fiber strength. (Note that fiber number per seed cannot be determined, whereas the data allow one to predict by standard methods that fiber diameter has not changed.) However, the lack of complete correlation between single fiber strength values and Micronaire and Fiber Weight per Seed suggests that over-expression of SPS also contributes independently to increased single fiber strength, with 52-61% of the increased work values being explained by factors other than increased wall thickness. Also, the tendency for elevated Elongation in transgenic fibers is, as expected, independent of increased cellulose content of the fiber wall. (Elongation is highly dependent on the orientation of cellulose microfibrils within the fiber wall.) This point is emphasized by comparing line 13-3a with other transgenic lines.

Example 5

Photosynthetic Efficiency Under Cool Night Temperatures

Over-expression of SPS in the leaves increases tolerance to cool nights by maintaining photosynthetic rates equal to warm-grown plants during the warm days following a 15° C. night. In contrast, untransformed cotton shows reduced photosynthetic rate in the warm day following a cool night.

Transgenic plants and parental C312 plants growing in the Phytotron were assayed for photosynthetic efficiency between 7-14 weeks of age. The first fully expanded leaf from the apex (judged by dark green color, shape, and size—the 3rd or 4th leaf down) was clamped and assayed for photosynthetic efficiency using a ADC LCA-4 analyzer under variable internal CO₂ concentrations. Plants growing at 30/28° C. were assayed between 7-10 weeks of age and plants growing at 30/15° C. were assayed between 10-14 weeks of age. In the earliest case, the plants would have been exposed to the experimental conditions for about 4 weeks. The plants were assayed at 30° C. and at 4 h into the photoperiod, which also represented 3 h after complete rewarming from 28° C. or 15° C. to 30° C. Two plants were assayed for each line in each chamber.

The graphs show photosynthetic rates over a range of internal CO₂ concentrations for parental C312 (FIG. 21) and two transgenic lines, 13-3a-1 (FIG. 22) and 225-17a (FIG. 23). Normal atmospheric CO₂ concentration corresponds to internal CO₂ concentration of about 270 μL L⁻¹. Each graph is a compilation of four scatter plots, one for each plant of the line that was tested. The relative placement of empty symbols (30/15° C. condition) and filled symbols (30/28° C. condition) should be compared between the lines. Comparing photosynthetic rate below internal CO₂ concentrations of 500 μL L¹, all four plants in the two transgenic lines tested maintained, when growing under a 30/15° C. cycle, the same photosynthetic rate during the warm day as was observed for plants growing under 30/28° C. cycling. In contrast, parental C312 showed the expected cool-night-induced reduction in photosynthetic rate, even though the assay was always done during the warm day. For three of the four transgenic plants tested, this difference was maintained at all internal CO₂ concentrations tested.

The variability in plant age at the time of assay between 30/15° C. and 30/28° C. chambers means that the comparisons between temperature cycles should be considered tentative. However, use of the same type of leaf from actively growing plants in each case supports their usefulness.

It is not yet known why plants over-expressing SPS fail to acclimate photosynthesis in response to chilling as occurs in parental C312. Future analyses of leaf carbohydrate content will indicate whether more sucrose is synthesized during the warm day in transgenic plant leaves, which, coupled with higher rates of photosynthesis, might result in greater carbohydrate export from leaves to developing fibers during the day than occurs in parental C312. Such a mechanism could contribute to the increased seed and fiber yield and fiber quality of plants over-expressing SPS. It has also been observed that transgenic plants over-expressing SPS store less starch in their hypocotyls than parental C312. This indicates another source of extra carbohydrate that could help increase seed and fiber yield and fiber quality.

Example 6

Shift of Metabolic Flux Toward Cellulose in Sink Cells

Tables 2 and 3 show that fiber properties depending on cellulose content, including fiber weight/seed, micronaire, and fiber maturity ratio, increase in transgenic plants when SPS activity is elevated both in the leaves and the fibers. Therefore, with whole-plant analyses, one cannot judge whether these improvements are aided by enhanced export of sucrose from the leaves to the fibers or enhanced synthesis of sucrose in fiber (sink) cells, or both. Since cellulose synthesis has been proposed to use sucrose as an obligatory substrate from which UDP-glucose is generated by the enzyme sucrose synthase, SPS within sink cells can promote metabolic flux toward cellulose by one or both of two mechanisms. SPS could resynthesize sucrose within sink cells because translocated sucrose is cleaved before or soon after entering them, and/or SPS could reuse the fructose released by the activity of sucrose synthase to synthesize more sucrose (FIG. 2).

Evidence that metabolic flux toward cellulose synthesis is enhanced in cellulose-storing sink cells (represented by cotton fibers) by over-expression of SPS was obtained from cotton ovules with attached developing fibers cultured in vitro. Cultured ovules/fibers are a non-photosynthetic system that uses external glucose in plant tissue culture medium as a carbon source to support metabolism required for seed and fiber maturation. Accepting that sucrose is an obligatory substrate for fiber cellulose synthesis, SPS synthesizes sucrose within tissue-cultured ovules/fibers supplied only with glucose. SPS could also reuse the fructose released by the activity of sucrose synthase to synthesize more sucrose. Positive effects of SPS over-expression observed in this system are necessarily independent of photosynthesis. However, the substrate supply in this tissue culture system is constant, implying that it is not possible to exclude enhanced supply of sucrose due to enhanced SPS expression in leaves or decreased starch storage in hypocotyls as also important in improvements observed in whole plants.

Plants yielding the results in Table 7 were flowering in the greenhouse between July and December. Ovules were dissected from flowers and cultured at 34° C. on 1 DPA. The ovules of one flower were split between the 34° C. and 15° C. comparison in each case. Comparison within one flower better controlled the variability that was observed in the rates of cellulose synthesis on 21 DPA between cultures from different flowers of the same plant line. Each test at each temperature included 12-18 ovules split between three replicate dishes. Cultures were shifted from constant 34° C. to a 34/15° C. 12 h/12 h cycle on 18 DPA when secondary wall deposition had commenced. ¹⁴C-glucose was used to label developing ovules and fibers on 21 DPA at 34° C. and 15° C. Therefore, the cultures had 3 days to adjust to exposure to 15° C., and on 21 DPA the 15° C. assay was run 4 h after the shift to 15° C. Cultures of parental C312 treated identically were almost always assayed in parallel with transgenic plant lines.

Rates of respiration (¹⁴CO₂ evolution) and rates of crystalline cellulose synthesis (¹⁴C-cellulose remaining insoluble after boiling in acetic/nitric reagent) were determined at both temperatures. Metabolic activity of ovules (seeds) and cotton fibers is combined in the resulting data. However, previous work in which ovules and fibers were separated after the assay was completed demonstrated that under 34/15° C. conditions, 82% of the total cellulose dpm (in ovules+fibers) was attributable to the fibers alone.

From the ¹⁴CO₂ and ¹⁴C-cellulose data, four values were calculated for each plant line: (1) R %—a percentage derived from the 15° C./34° C. ratio of dpm ¹⁴CO₂ trapped on a KOH-soaked filter paper in the incubation chamber; (2) C %—a percentage derived from the 15° C./34° C. ratio of dpm ¹⁴C-cellulose remaining insoluble after boiling in acetic/nitric reagent; (3) C/R₁₅—the ratio between dpm ¹⁴C-cellulose and dpm ¹⁴CO₂ at 15° C.; and (4) C/R₃₄—the ratio between dpm ¹⁴C-cellulose and dpm ¹⁴CO₂ at 34° C. R % and C % describe the proportion of the 34° C. rate of respiration or cellulose synthesis, respectively, that can be maintained at 15° C. C/R₁₅ and C/R₃₄ describe the proportion of metabolic flux directed toward cellulose synthesis vs. respiration at 15° C. or 34° C., respectively. Results from parental C312 and 7 transgenic lines tested with good replication in parallel are shown in Table 7 with values considered higher than parental C312 shown in bold.

TABLE 7 Data Calculated From Rates of Cellulose Synthesis and Respiration at 34° C. and 15° C. in in vitro Cultures Number Plant Line of Tests R % C % C/R₃₄ C/R₁₅ C312-wt 12 17.2 21.5 2.8 3.5 13-3a* 6@T2 15.3 21.8 1.8 3.0 38-4a 7@T2 13.0 25.7 1.9 3.9 40-4b* 5@T2 13.1 25.4 1.9 3.7 40-6a* 6@T2 15.4 20.4 2.8 3.7 58-3a 4@T1 14.3 25.9 3.4 6.2 225-17a* 4@T1 20.9 22.6 2.8 3.1 619-1a 7@T1 15.9 24.9 2.9 4.6 *indicates lines shown in the Phytotron to have improved fiber quality.

The data in Table 7 show that over-expression of SPS reduces R % in 6 of 7 transgenic lines tested in parallel compared to parental C312. This is paralleled by an increase in C % in 5 of 7 transgenic lines tested, meaning that most SPS transgenic lines are able to synthesize cellulose more efficiently at 15° C. than parental C312. Correspondingly, the ratio of cellulose synthesis rate to respiration rate at 15° C. (C/R₁₅) increases in 5 of 7 transgenic lines tested. One transgenic line showed an increase in C/R₃₄. Transgenic line 13-3a that showed improved fiber quality in the Phytotron did not show improvement in this assay except for reduction of R %. Perhaps this is because secondary wall production proceeds less vigorously in vitro than in planta.

Example 7

Higher Rate of Weight Gain in Sink Cells (Cotton Fibers) During Primary and Secondary Wall Deposition

The in vitro ovule/fiber culture system has provided direct evidence that over-expression of SPS in sink cells can lead to higher rates of fiber weight gain at both warm and cool temperatures by mechanisms independent of photosynthesis.

Ovules of transgenic and control C312 were cultured in vitro at constant 34° C. or cycling 34/15° C. from the beginning of culture. Ovules/fibers (8-10 per data point) were harvested from parallel cultures (containing equal representation of 5-8 flowers from at least 3 plants) at intervals during fiber maturation (12-45 DPA). Fibers were stripped from ovules, oven-dried, and weighed. Fiber weight was plotted against time and the slope of weight gain during the period of high-rate secondary wall cellulose synthesis was determined under both temperature regimes. A ratio for the 34/15° C.:34° C. slopes within one plant line was also calculated, which will normalize for any inherent differences in rates of fiber weight gain in cultures of particular lines. For most plant lines tested, several replications of the experiment were conducted at various times allowing average slopes to be compared. A second experiment during a second compressed time interval included 3 complete time-course replications of fiber weight gain in the transgenic plant lines grown in the Phytotron, plus line 38-4a-1. The results of this second experiment, which indicate the repeatability of this assay, are shown as separate italic entries in the table. Values substantially greater than are found in the C312 parental line are highlighted in bold in Table 8.

TABLE 8 Rates of Cellulose Deposition in Fibers Cultured in vitro at 34° C. or 34/15° C. Ratio Plant 34° C. 34/15° C. 34/15° C.:34° C. Line slope slope slope C312-wt 0.54 0.33 0.61 C312-wt 0.52 0.31 0.60 13-3a-1* 0.37 0.31 0.84 13-3a-1* 0.45 0.39 0.87 38-4a-1 0.45 0.25 0.56 40-4b-1* 0.55 0.19 0.34 40-4b-1* 0.46 0.24 0.52 −2 0.36 0.25 0.69 −2KS** 0.38 0.26 0.68 40-6a-1 0.38 0.30 0.78 −4 0.22 0.10 0.45 40-17a-6 0.34 0.28 0.82 58-3a 0.42 0.41 0.98 178-1a 0.49 0.20 0.41 225-17a* 0.46 0.24 0.52 225-17a* 0.58 0.26 0.45 414-1a 0.63 0.39 0.62 619-1a 0.60 0.37 0.62 *Tested at the Phytotron; showing improved fiber quality. KS**; A kanamycin-sensitive sibling of the kanamycin-resistant plant described immediately above; the kanamycin-sensitive sibling from a population of segregating seeds is expected not to carry a copy of the foreign genes. Note that the slopes from the kanamycin-sensitive and kanamycin-resistant siblings of 40-4b-2 are almost identical, and the differences between these and slopes from the parental C312 cannot be related to expression of the foreign gene.

Line 40-6a and 40-17a are listed together and counted as one line because they likely represent the same transformation event based on derivation from the same parent callus and the same segregation ratio at T1.

Two of the transgenic lines (414-1a and 619-1a) had rates of fiber weight gain at 34° C. higher than parental C312, and several more had higher rates than and the non-SPS-expressing transgenic line, 40-4b-2-KS. Four transgenic lines (13-3a, 58-3a, 414-1a, and 619-1a) had rates of fiber weight gain at 34/15° C. higher than parental C312. Three transgenic lines (13-3a-1, 40-6a-1=40-17a-6, 58-3a) had a ratio for the 34/15° C.:34° C. slopes higher than parental C312 and the non-SPS-expressing transgenic line, 40-4b-2-KS. Lines 414-1 a and 619-la do not stand out in analysis of slope ratios because of greater slopes at both 34° C. and 34/15° C., but these are promising lines for future fiber quality analysis. Some of the lines tested at the Phytotron and shown to have improved fiber quality are superior to parental C312 in this test. The lack of complete consistency may be due to the fact that secondary wall production proceeds less vigorously in vitro than in planta.

From replicated time-courses of fiber weight gain, absolute values of fiber dry weight were also compared at 15 DPA (end of primary wall deposition) and 30 DPA (after extensive secondary wall deposition) in the transgenic plant lines grown in the Phytotron, plus line 38-4a-1. Each data point is the average from three experiments, including fiber from a total of 24-30 ovules representing 15-24 flowers from 4-6 plants per line. The results are shown in Table 9.

TABLE 9 Weights of Fiber (mg/ovule) from in vitro Cultures 15 DPA 30 DPA Ratio Ratio Plant 34/15° C.:34° C. 34/15° C:34° C. Line 34° C. 34/15° C. weights 34° C. 34/15° C. weights C312-wt 1.75 0.46 0.263 8.89 3.88 0.436 13-3a-1* 1.94 0.60 0.309 7.33 4.64 0.633 38-4a-1 1.68 0.67 0.399 8.68 3.68 0.424 40-4b-1* 2.18 0.64 0.294 7.36 3.48 0.473 225-17a* 1.84 0.59 0.320 8.80 3.72 0.423 *Tested at the Phytotron; showing improved fiber quality.

At 15 DPA, four transgenic lines show consistently greater weight gain than parental C312 under 34/15° C., and three of the four transgenic lines show greater weight gain under constant 34° C. The ratio of 34/15° C. to 34° C. weights is greater in all four transgenic lines, demonstrating improved fiber production in SPS transgenic plants under adverse cool temperatures by mechanisms independent of photosynthesis. At 15 DPA, fiber dry weight is composed mostly of primary walls, and greater fiber weight could be due to greater fiber length or greater primary wall thickness, or both.

At 30 DPA, one transgenic line shows greater fiber weight gain than parental C312 under 34/15° C. Two transgenic lines show greater ratio of 34/15° C. to 34° C. weights. Fiber dry weight at 30 DPA is largely cellulose. Therefore, SPS over-expression within transgenic fibers promotes cellulose deposition, including its deposition under adverse cool temperatures. The inconsistency of results for transgenic lines at 30 DPA is likely explained by the fact that secondary wall deposition in vitro is more hindered than fiber lengthening. However, all the transgenic lines tested in the Phytotron and showing improved fiber quality show some improvement in this in vitro test.

Example 8

Enhanced Stem Weight of Transgenic Cotton Plants

The positive effects of SPS over-expression on cellulose synthesis in cotton fibers extends to other fibers. Fibers make up most of the weight of annual or perennial strong stems, such as are found in mature cotton plants. Therefore, the stem weight of cotton plants grown in the Phytotron and the Texas Tech greenhouse was determined (Table 10). The conditions of the Texas Tech greenhouse were most similar to the Phytotron 30/15° C., 360 ppm CO₂ chamber.

TABLE 10 Normalized Values for Stem Weight, Diameter, and Height (Average values for transgenic plants are normalized to the corresponding value for the Coker 312 wild-type parent set to 1.00.) Phytotron Test Phytotron Plants (n) Stem Stem Stem Stem Greenhouse Test per Weight Weight Weight Weight Green Stem Plant chamber, 30/15° C. 30/15° C. 30/28° C. 30/28° C. House Stem Dia- Stem Line in order CO₂ = 360 CO₂ = 700 CO₂ = 360 CO₂ = 700 Plants (n) Weight meter Height C312-wt 4,4,4,4 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 6 1.00 1.00 1.00 13-3a T1#1 @ T2 4,4,4,4 1.12 1.20 1.03 1.11 225-17a T1 4,4,4,4 0.95 1.11 1.28 1.07 40-4b T1#1 & #4 @ T2 5,5,7,5 0.81 1.12 1.22 1.13 40-6a T1#4 @ T2 1,1,2,0 1.33 1.30 1.82 — T2-4-3 @ T3 5 1.27 1.11 1.06 357-6a T1#1 @ T2 6 0.92 0.93 0.94

In the Phytotron, time of stem weight determination varied somewhat between plant lines for the 30/28° C. chambers because each plant was harvested shortly after all bolls on it had opened. For the 30/15° C. condition, plant growth was terminated at the same time when some immature bolls remained on all plants. All plants were 6-7 months old at time of harvest. In the Texas Tech greenhouse, parental and transgenic plants were randomized on two adjacent tables and grown for 30 weeks before simultaneous harvesting. Main stem diameter and height were also determined in the greenhouse plants.

In the Phytotron, stem weight increased by 10% or more in transgenic plants compared to parental C312 in 11 of 15 cases (representing the matrix of plant lines x chambers tested). The increases are particularly pronounced and consistent across three chambers for line 40-6a-4, although there were few replicate plants in the Phytotron for this line. Therefore, line 40-6a-4-3 was tested at the next generation (T3) in the Texas Tech greenhouse with more replication in parallel with parental C312 and another transgenic line, 357-6a- 1 at T2. Line 40-6a-4-3 again showed average increased stem weight with a similar magnitude of change as observed in the Phytotron chambers at 30/15° C. and both 360 and 700 ppm CO₂. In addition, line 40-6a-4-3 showed average increased stem height and stem diameter compared to parental C312 and the transgenic line 357-6a-1, which was smaller than C312. Therefore, transgenic lines do not all show increased stem weight, probably because of differences in tissue-specific gene expression. Considering the main plant stem, excluding branches that were also weighed, as a right cone with volume=π²h/3, line 40-6a-4-3 would have increased volume of 1.31 times compared to parental C312. The similarity of this to the observed weight increase of 1.27 times suggests that much of the weight increase is associated with increased volume of the main stem containing abundant fibers. The 4% difference between the theoretical prediction and the observation could be due to different degrees of branching or changes in stem density that have not been determined.

Example 9

Increased Stem Diameter in Multiple Lines of Transgenic Cotton

In addition to line 40-6a, some stems appeared bigger than others among transgenic cotton plants growing in the greenhouse. However, these plants were of different ages. To try to quantitate this observation, electronic calipers were used to measure stem diameter approximately two inches above the soil line in all plants in the greenhouse on Sep. 23, 1998 (which did not include all the plants of interest implicated by previous studies). Date of planting was also recorded for each plant measured. By analyzing values for the Coker 312 parent and transgenic line 58-3a(2) (T1 individuals, number 1-7) that had plants of several ages in the greenhouse, the following approximate values for rate of stem diameter increase per day were estimated. The rate decreases with time because, in the 2 gallon pots used for planting, stem diameter in parental C312 plants apparently slows or stops increasing at about 5 months.

Plant Age Rate of Stem Diameter Increase <150 days 0.13 mm/day 160-200 days 0.10 mm/day >210 days 0.06 mm/day

Of 12 independent transgenic lines analyzed (each with several replicate pots), six had average values greater than the standards established for parental C312 (or at the upper end of the range) (Table 11). Transgenic lines that did not show increased rates of stem diameter increase may express spinach SPS less strongly in their stems.

TABLE 11 Transgenic Plant Lines with Enhanced Rates of Stem Diameter Increase in the Greehouse Rate of Stem Plant Age Diameter Increase Plant Line (days) (mm/day) 40-4b-2-7 216 0.076 40-6a-4-2 180 0.124 −3,4 215 0.107 58-3a-3 214 0.078 414-1a-1,2 193 0.086 530-1a-2,3 197 0.095 619-1a-6 153 0.140

Note that Table 10 confirms through a second experiment the increased rate of stem diameter increase for line 40-6a-4-3. Increased stem diameter depends on more cellulose-containing fiber within the stem. Larger stem diameter at the end of a growing period could be explained by faster rate of diameter increase or longer persistence of diameter increase in one growing season. Either case will result in more harvestable stem fiber.

Example 10

Enhanced Conversion of Atmospheric CO₂ into Harvestable Crops, Preferentially Cellulose-based Fiber

As shown in Table 12, comparison of data between the 30/15° C. Phytotron chambers with 360 and 700 ppm CO₂ demonstrates that SPS transgenic plants convert normal levels of CO₂ more efficiently into cellulose-based cotton fiber. At normal levels of CO₂, SPS transgenic plants are able to more nearly reach their maximum possible fiber production potential (as shown by comparative changes in Lint Fiber Weight per Seed) so that raising CO₂ to 700 ppm increases their fiber wall thickness less than parental C312 (as shown by comparative changes in Micronaire). However, when stem weight is considered as an indication of production potential for all types of fiber, transgenic plants remain superior to parental C312 at 30/15° C. even under elevated CO₂. In contrast, raising CO₂ levels at 30/15° C. tended to decrease seed weight in transgenics and parental C312 (although transgenic seed weight always remained higher than in parental C312—see Example 2).

Therefore, over-expression of SPS has a preferential effect on cotton fiber production probably due to increasing sink demand of this cellulose-based sink. SPS over-expression in fiber can, as previously demonstrated, preferentially increase metabolic flux toward cellulose and fiber weight gain. Data supporting these conclusions are shown in Table 12, which shows the percentage change in values of various parameters when CO₂ was increased from 300 to 700 ppm under 30/15° C. in the Phytotron.

TABLE 12 Percentage Change in Various Crop-Related Attributes With Increase from 300 to 700 ppm CO₂ at 30/15° C. Ratio of Fuzzy Fiber to Lint Fiber Seed Fuzzy Micro- Weight Weight Seed Stem Plant Line naire per Seed per Seed Weight Weight C312-wt +9% +35% −8% +48% +22% 13-3a-1@T2 +2% +10% −6% +18% +31% 225-17a@T1 −18%   −5% −14%  +12% +42% 40-4b-1,4@T2 +7% +25%  0% +24% +71% Transgenic −3% +10% −7% +18% +48% Average

Fiber crops that over-express SPS can convert normal CO₂ more efficiently into economically valuable fiber. Such plants grown widely as crops should help to combat rising CO₂ levels in the atmosphere because they immobilize CO₂ into fiber cellulose with improved efficiency under normal CO₂ levels, and this efficiency of production is maintained (for cotton fiber) or enhanced (for stem fiber) under elevated CO₂ levels.

Although preferred embodiments have been depicted and described in detail herein, it will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art that various modifications, additions, substitutions, and the like can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and these are therefore considered to be within the scope of the invention as defined in the claims which follow.

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70 75 80 Arg Ile Trp Asn Leu Ala Arg Gln Lys Lys Gln Leu Glu Gly Glu Gln 85 90 95 Ala Gln Trp Met Ala Lys Arg Arg Gln Glu Arg Glu Arg Gly Arg Arg 100 105 110 Glu Ala Val Ala Asp Met Ser Glu Asp Leu Ser Glu Gly Glu Lys Gly 115 120 125 Asp Ile Val Ala Asp Met Ser Ser His Gly Glu Ser Thr Arg Gly Arg 130 135 140 Leu Pro Arg Ile Ser Ser Val Glu Thr Met Glu Ala Trp Val Ser Gln 145 150 155 160 Gln Arg Gly Lys Lys Leu Tyr Ile Val Leu Ile Ser Leu His Gly Leu 165 170 175 Ile Arg Gly Glu Asn Met Glu Leu Gly Arg Asp Ser Asp Thr Gly Gly 180 185 190 Gln Val Lys Tyr Val Val Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Leu Gly Ser Met Pro 195 200 205 Gly Val Tyr Arg Val Asp Leu Leu Thr Arg Gln Val Ser Ser Pro Glu 210 215 220 Val Asp Trp Ser Tyr Gly Glu Pro Thr Glu Leu Ala Pro Ile Ser Thr 225 230 235 240 Asp Gly Leu Met Thr Glu Met Gly Glu Ser Ser Gly Ala Tyr Ile Ile 245 250 255 Arg Ile Pro Phe Gly Pro Arg Glu Lys Tyr Ile Pro Lys Glu Gln Leu 260 265 270 Trp Pro Tyr Ile Pro Glu Phe Val Asp Gly Ala Leu Asn His Ile Ile 275 280 285 Gln Met Ser Lys Val Leu Gly Glu Gln Ile Gly Ser Gly Tyr Pro Val 290 295 300 Trp Pro Val Ala Ile His Gly His Tyr Ala Asp Ala Gly Asp Ser Ala 305 310 315 320 Ala Leu Leu Ser Gly Ala Leu Asn Val Pro Met Leu Phe Thr Gly His 325 330 335 Ser Leu Gly Arg Asp Lys Leu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ala Gln Gly Arg Lys 340 345 350 Ser Lys Asp Glu Ile Asn Ser Thr Tyr Lys Ile Met Arg Arg Ile Glu 355 360 365 Ala Glu Glu Leu Thr Leu Asp Ala Ser Glu Ile Val Ile Thr Ser Thr 370 375 380 Arg Gln Glu Ile Asp Glu Gln Trp Arg Leu Tyr Asp Gly Phe Asp Pro 385 390 395 400 Ile Leu Glu Arg Lys Leu Arg Ala Arg Ile Lys Arg Asn Val Ser Cys 405 410 415 Tyr Gly Arg Phe Met Pro Arg Met Ala Val Ile Pro Pro Gly Met Glu 420 425 430 Phe His His Ile Val Pro His Glu Gly Asp Met Asp Gly Glu Thr Glu 435 440 445 Gly Ser Glu Asp Gly Lys Thr Pro Asp Pro Pro Ile Trp Ala Glu Ile 450 455 460 Met Arg Phe Phe Ser Asn Pro Arg Lys Pro Met Ile Leu Ala Leu Ala 465 470 475 480 Arg Pro Asp Pro Lys Lys Asn Leu Thr Thr Leu Val Lys Ala Phe Gly 485 490 495 Glu Cys Arg Pro Leu Arg Asp Leu Ala Asn Leu Thr Leu Ile Met Gly 500 505 510 Asn Arg Asp Asn Ile Asp Glu Met Ser Ser Thr Asn Ser Ala Leu Leu 515 520 525 Leu Ser Ile Leu Lys Met Ile Asp Lys Tyr Asp Leu Tyr Gly Gln Val 530 535 540 Ala Tyr Pro Lys His His Lys Gln Ser Asp Val Pro Asp Ile Tyr Arg 545 550 555 560 Leu Ala Ala Lys Thr Lys Gly Val Phe Ile Asn Pro Ala Phe Ile Glu 565 570 575 Pro Phe Gly Leu Thr Leu Ile Glu Ala Ala Ala Tyr Gly Leu Pro Met 580 585 590 Val Ala Thr Lys Asn Gly Gly Pro Val Asp Ile His Arg Val Leu Asp 595 600 605 Asn Gly Leu Leu Val Asp Pro His Asp Gln Gln Ala Ile Ala Asp Ala 610 615 620 Leu Leu Lys Leu Val Ala Asp Lys Gln Leu Trp Ala Lys Cys Arg Ala 625 630 635 640 Asn Gly Leu Lys Asn Ile His Leu Phe Ser Trp Pro Glu His Cys Lys 645 650 655 Thr Tyr Leu Ser Arg Ile Ala Ser Cys Lys Pro Arg Gln Pro Arg Trp 660 665 670 Leu Arg Ser Ile Asp Asp Asp Asp Glu Asn Ser Glu Thr Asp Ser Pro 675 680 685 Ser Asp Ser Leu Arg Asp Ile His Asp Ile Ser Leu Asn Leu Arg Phe 690 695 700 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55 60 Thr Arg Ser Pro Gln Glu Arg Asn Thr Arg Leu Glu Asn Met Cys Trp 65 70 75 80 Arg Ile Trp Asn Leu Ala Arg Gln Lys Lys Gln Leu Glu Asn Glu Glu 85 90 95 Ala Gln Arg Lys Thr Lys Arg Arg Met Glu Leu Glu Arg Gly Arg Arg 100 105 110 Glu Ala Thr Ala Asp Met Ser Glu Asp Leu Ser Glu Gly Glu Lys Asp 115 120 125 Ile Ser Ala His Gly Asp Ser Thr Arg Pro Arg Leu Pro Arg Ile Asn 130 135 140 Ser Leu Asp Ala Met Glu Thr Trp Ile Ser Gln Gln Lys Glu Lys Lys 145 150 155 160 Leu Tyr Leu Val Leu Ile Ser Leu His Gly Leu Ile Arg Gly Glu Asn 165 170 175 Met Glu Leu Gly Arg Asp Ser Asp Thr Gly Gly Gln Val Lys Tyr Val 180 185 190 Val Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Leu Gly Ser Met Pro Gly Val Tyr Arg Val 195 200 205 Asp Leu Leu Thr Arg Gln Val Ser Ser Pro Asp Val Asp Trp Ser Tyr 210 215 220 Gly Glu Pro Thr Glu Met Leu Asn Pro Arg Asp Ser Asn Gly Phe Asp 225 230 235 240 Asp Asp Asp Asp Glu Met Gly Glu Ser Ser Gly Ala Tyr Ile Val Arg 245 250 255 Ile Pro Phe Gly Pro Arg Asp Lys Tyr Ile Ala Lys Glu Glu Leu Trp 260 265 270 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Met Pro Arg Met Val 405 410 415 Ile Ile Pro Pro Gly Val Glu Phe Gly His Ile Ile His Asp Phe Asp 420 425 430 Met Asp Gly Glu Glu Glu Asn Pro Ser Pro Ala Ser Glu Asp Pro Pro 435 440 445 Ile Trp Ser Gln Ile Met Arg Phe Phe Thr Asn Pro Arg Lys Pro Met 450 455 460 Ile Leu Ala Val Ala Arg Pro Tyr Pro Glu Lys Asn Ile Thr Thr Leu 465 470 475 480 Val Lys Ala Phe Gly Glu Cys Arg Pro Leu Arg Glu Leu Ala Asn Leu 485 490 495 Thr Leu Ile Met Gly Asn Arg Glu Ala Ile Ser Lys Met His Asn Met 500 505 510 Ser Ala Ala Val Leu Thr Ser Val Leu Thr Leu Ile Asp Glu Tyr Asp 515 520 525 Leu Tyr Gly Gln Val Ala Tyr Pro Lys His His Lys His Ser Glu Val 530 535 540 Pro Asp Ile Tyr Arg Leu Ala Ala Arg Thr Lys Gly Ala Phe Val Asn 545 550 555 560 Val Ala Tyr Phe Glu Gln Phe Gly Val Thr Leu Ile Glu Ala Ala Met 565 570 575 Asn Gly Leu Pro Ile Ile Ala Thr Lys Asn Gly Ala Pro Val Glu Ile 580 585 590 Asn Gln Val Leu Asn Asn Gly Leu Leu Val Asp Pro His Asp Gln Asn 595 600 605 Ala Ile Ala Asp Ala Leu Tyr Lys Leu Leu Ser Asp Lys Gln Leu Trp 610 615 620 Ser Arg Cys Arg Glu Asn Gly Leu Thr Asn Ile His Gln Phe Ser Trp 625 630 635 640 Pro Glu His Cys Lys Asn Tyr Leu Ser Arg Ile Leu Thr Leu Gly Pro 645 650 655 Arg Ser Pro Ala Ile Gly Asn Arg Glu Glu Arg Ser Asn Thr Pro Ile 660 665 670 Ser Gly Arg Arg Gln Ile Ile Val Ile Ser Val Asp Ser Val Asn Lys 675 680 685 Glu Asp Leu Val Arg Ile Ile Arg Asn Ala Ile Glu Val Ile His Thr 690 695 700 Gln Asn Met Ser Gly Ser Ala Gly Phe Val Leu Ser Thr Ser Leu Thr 705 710 715 720 Ile Ser Glu Ile His Ser Leu Leu Leu Ser Gly Gly Met Leu Pro Thr 725 730 735 Asp Phe Asp Ala Phe Ile Cys Asn Ser Gly Ser Asn Ile Tyr Tyr Pro 740 745 750 Ser Tyr Ser Gly Glu Thr Pro Asn Asn Ser Lys Ile Thr Phe Ala Leu 755 760 765 Asp Gln Asn His Gln Ser His Ile Glu Tyr Arg Trp Gly Gly Glu Gly 770 775 780 Leu Arg Lys Tyr Leu Val Lys Trp Ala Thr Ser Val Val Glu Arg Lys 785 790 795 800 Gly Arg Thr Glu Arg Gln Ile Ile Phe Glu Asp Pro Glu His Ser Ser 805 810 815 Ala Tyr Cys Leu Ala Phe Arg Val Val Asn Pro Asn His Leu Pro Pro 820 825 830 Leu Lys Glu Leu Arg Lys Leu Met Arg Ile Gln Ser Leu Arg Cys Asn 835 840 845 Ala Leu Tyr Asn His Ser Ala Thr Arg Leu Ser Val Val Pro Ile His 850 855 860 Ala Ser Arg Ser Gln Ala Leu Arg Tyr Leu Cys Ile Arg Trp Gly Ile 865 870 875 880 Glu Val Pro Asn Val Ala Val Leu Val Gly Glu Ser Gly Asp Ser Asp 885 890 895 Tyr Glu Glu Leu Leu Gly Gly Leu His Arg Thr Val Ile Leu Lys Gly 900 905 910 Glu Phe Asn Thr Pro Ala Asn Arg Ile His Thr Val Arg Arg Tyr Pro 915 920 925 Leu Gln Asp Val Val Pro Leu Asp Ser Ser Asn Ile Thr Gly Val Glu 930 935 940 Gly Tyr Thr Thr Asp Asp Leu Lys Ser Ala Leu Gln Gln Met Gly Ile 945 950 955 960 Leu Thr Gln 14 720 PRT Synechocystis sp. 14 Met Ser Tyr Ser Ser Lys Tyr Ile Leu Leu Ile Ser Val His Gly Leu 1 5 10 15 Ile Arg Gly Glu Asn Leu Glu Leu Gly Arg Asp Ala Asp Thr Gly Gly 20 25 30 Gln Thr Lys Tyr Val Leu Glu Leu Ala Arg Ala Leu Val Lys Asn Pro 35 40 45 Gln Val Ala Arg Val Asp Leu Leu Thr Arg Leu Ile Lys Asp Pro Lys 50 55 60 Val Asp Ala Asp Tyr Ala Gln Pro Arg Glu Leu Ile Gly Asp Arg Ala 65 70 75 80 Gln Ile Val Arg Ile Glu Cys Gly Pro Glu Glu Tyr Ile Ala Lys Glu 85 90 95 Met Leu Trp Asp Tyr Leu Asp Asn Phe Ala Asp His Ala Leu Asp Tyr 100 105 110 Leu Lys Glu Gln Pro Glu Leu Pro Asp Val Ile His Ser His Tyr Ala 115 120 125 Asp Ala Gly Tyr Val Gly Thr Arg Leu Ser His Gln Leu Gly Ile Pro 130 135 140 Leu Val His Thr Gly His Ser Leu Gly Arg Ser Lys Arg Thr Arg Leu 145 150 155 160 Leu Leu Ser Gly Ile Lys Ala Asp Glu Ile Glu Ser Arg Tyr Asn Met 165 170 175 Ala Arg Arg Ile Asn Ala Glu Glu Glu Thr Leu Gly Ser Ala Ala Arg 180 185 190 Val Ile Thr Ser Thr His Gln Glu Ile Ala Glu Gln Tyr Ala Gln Tyr 195 200 205 Asp Tyr Tyr Gln Pro Asp Gln Met Leu Val Ile Pro Pro Gly Thr Asp 210 215 220 Leu Glu Lys Phe Tyr Pro Pro Lys Gly Asn Glu Trp Glu Thr Pro Ile 225 230 235 240 Val Gln Glu Leu Gln Arg Phe Leu Arg His Pro Arg Lys Pro Ile Ile 245 250 255 Leu Ala Leu Ser Arg Pro Asp Pro Arg Lys Asn Ile His Lys Leu Ile 260 265 270 Ala Ala Tyr Gly Gln Ser Pro Gln Leu Gln Ala Gln Ala Asn Leu Val 275 280 285 Ile Val Ala Gly Asn Arg Asp Asp Ile Thr Asp Leu Asp Gln Gly Pro 290 295 300 Arg Glu Val Leu Thr Asp Leu Leu Leu Thr Ile Asp Arg Tyr Asp Leu 305 310 315 320 Tyr Gly Lys Val Ala Tyr Pro Lys Gln Asn Gln Ala Glu Asp Val Tyr 325 330 335 Ala Leu Phe Arg Leu Thr Ala Leu Ser Gln Gly Val Phe Ile Asn Pro 340 345 350 Ala Leu Thr Glu Pro Phe Gly Leu Thr Leu Ile Glu Ala Ala Ala Cys 355 360 365 Gly Val Pro Ile Val Ala Thr Glu Asp Gly Gly Pro Val Asp Ile Ile 370 375 380 Lys Asn Cys Gln Asn Gly Tyr Leu Ile Asn Pro Leu Asp Glu Val Asp 385 390 395 400 Ile Ala Asp Lys Leu Leu Lys Val Leu Asn Asp Lys Gln Gln Trp Gln 405 410 415 Phe Leu Ser Glu Ser Gly Leu Glu Gly Val Lys Arg His Tyr Ser Trp 420 425 430 Pro Ser His Val Glu Ser Tyr Leu Glu Ala Ile Asn Ala Leu Thr Gln 435 440 445 Gln Thr Ser Val Leu Lys Arg Ser Asp Leu Lys Arg Arg Arg Thr Leu 450 455 460 Tyr Tyr Asn Gly Ala Leu Val Thr Ser Leu Asp Gln Asn Leu Leu Gly 465 470 475 480 Ala Leu Gln Gly Gly Leu Pro Gly Asp Arg Gln Thr Leu Asp Glu Leu 485 490 495 Leu Glu Val Leu Tyr Gln His Arg Lys Asn Val Gly Phe Cys Ile Ala 500 505 510 Thr Gly Arg Arg Leu Asp Ser Val Leu Lys Ile Leu Arg Glu Tyr Arg 515 520 525 Ile Pro Gln Pro Asp Met Leu Ile Thr Ser Met Gly Thr Glu Ile Tyr 530 535 540 Ser Ser Pro Asp Leu Ile Pro Asp Gln Ser Trp Arg Asn His Ile Asp 545 550 555 560 Tyr Leu Trp Asn Arg Asn Ala Ile Val Arg Ile Leu Gly Glu Leu Pro 565 570 575 Gly Leu Ala Leu Gln Pro Lys Glu Glu Leu Ser Ala Tyr Lys Ile Ser 580 585 590 Tyr Phe Tyr Asp Ala Ala Ile Ala Pro Asn Leu Glu Glu Ile Arg Gln 595 600 605 Leu Leu His Lys Gly Glu Gln Thr Val Asn Thr Ile Ile Ser Phe Gly 610 615 620 Gln Phe Leu Asp Ile Leu Pro Ile Arg Ala Ser Lys Gly Tyr Ala Val 625 630 635 640 Arg Trp Leu Ser Gln Gln Trp Asn Ile Pro Leu Glu His Val Phe Thr 645 650 655 Ala Gly Gly Ser Gly Ala Asp Glu Asp Met Met Arg Gly Asn Thr Leu 660 665 670 Ser Val Val Val Ala Asn Arg His His Glu Glu Leu Ser Asn Leu Gly 675 680 685 Glu Ile Glu Pro Ile Tyr Phe Ser Glu Lys Arg Tyr Ala Ala Gly Ile 690 695 700 Leu Asp Gly Leu Ala His Tyr Arg Phe Phe Glu Leu Leu Asp Pro Val 705 710 715 720 

What is claimed:
 1. A transgenic cotton plant comprising a chimeric DNA construct comprising a plant specific promoter and a DNA encoding a sucrose phosphate synthase, whereby the transgenic cotton plant has an increased level of sucrose phosphate synthase relative to a non-transgenic cotton plant and wherein cotton fibers from the plant have improved quality, said improved quality being selected from the group consisting of increased strength, increased length, increased fiber fineness, increased fiber maturity ratio, decreased immature fiber content, increased fiber uniformity, and increased micronaire, compared to a cotton plant lacking the chimeric DNA construct.
 2. The transgenic cotton plant according to claim 1, wherein the chimeric DNA construct is stably integrated into the genome of the cotton plant.
 3. The transgenic cotton plant according to claim 1, wherein the chimeric DNA construct is introduced into the cotton plant by a method selected from the group consisting of electroporation, Agrobacterium mediated transformation, biolistic gene transformation, chemically mediated transformation, and microinjection.
 4. The transgenic cotton plant according to claim 1, wherein the DNA encoding the sucrose phosphate synthase is from a plant selected from the group consisting of spinach, Arabidopsis, beet, bean, citrus, maize, moss, potato, rice, sugar cane, and Synechocystis.
 5. The transgenic cotton plant according to claim 4, wherein the DNA encoding the sucrose phosphate synthase is from spinach.
 6. Transgenic seed produced from the plant according to claim
 1. 7. A method of improving the quality of cotton fiber produced from a cotton plant, said method comprising: introducing into a cotton plant a chimeric DNA construct comprising a plant specific transcription initiation region and a DNA encoding a sucrose phosphate synthase which, when introduced into cells of said cotton plant increases sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to improve the quality of the cotton fiber produced by the cotton plant, wherein the improved quality is selected from the group consisting of increased strength, increased length, increased fiber fineness, increased fiber maturity ratio, decreased immature fiber content, increased fiber uniformity, and increased micronaire, compared to a cotton plant lacking the chimeric DNA construct.
 8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising: growing said cotton plant.
 9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the DNA encoding sucrose phosphate synthase is from a plant selected from the group consisting of spinach, Arabidopsis, beet, bean, citrus, maize, moss, potato, rice, sugar cane, and Synechocystis.
 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the DNA encoding the sucrose phosphate synthase is from spinach.
 11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the transcription initiation region is cotton fiber specific.
 12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the transcription initiation region is a 35S promoter, a dual S35 promoter, an FMV promoter, or a cotton fiber-enhanced promoter of a cotton fiber-expressed gene selected from the group consisting of E6, H6, FbL2A, rac, CelA, CAP, ACP, and LTP.
 13. The method according to claim 7, wherein the chimeric DNA construct is stably integrated into the genome of the cotton plant.
 14. The method according to claim 7, wherein said introducing of the chimeric DNA construct into the plant is carried out by a method selected from the group consisting of electroporation, Agrobacterium mediated transformation, biolistic gene transformation, chemically mediated transformation, and microinjection.
 15. A method of altering the quality of fiber isolated from a cotton plant by altering the expression of sucrose phosphate synthase in the plant, said method comprising: introducing into a cotton plant a chimeric DNA construct comprising a DNA encoding a sucrose phosphate synthase which, when introduced into cells of said plant, increases sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to alter the quality of fiber produced from the plant, wherein the altered fiber quality is selected from the group consisting of strength, length, fineness, maturity ratio, immature fiber content, uniformity, and micronaire, compared to a cotton plant lacking the chimeric DNA construct.
 16. A method of altering the quality of fiber isolated from a cotton plant by decreasing the expression of sucrose phosphate synthase in the plant, said method comprising: introducing into a cotton plant a chimeric DNA construct comprising an antisense DNA encoding a nucleic acid molecule complementary to a sense DNA encoding sucrose phosphate synthase which, when introduced into cells of said plant, decreases sucrose phosphate synthase activity in an amount sufficient to alter the quality of fiber produced from the plant, wherein the altered fiber quality is selected from the group consisting of decreased strength, decreased length, and decreased weight per unit length, as compared to a cotton plant lacking the chimeric DNA construct. 